I was raised on a farm near Tipton, Kansas. As a kid, I enjoyed drawing cartoon strips and the farm animals. Being a farm boy I spent endless hours on a tractor doing field work to past the time. I studied the wide open skies and the drama that the afternoon thunderstorms would bring. That got me interested in art, wanting to capture the drama and beauty of an afternoon thunderstorm, racing home on the tractor before getting soaked by rain or hit by a hail stone.

I studied the landscape around home, how it was formed etc.  That is probably the reason I mostly paint landscapes or animals. There is so much drama that takes place in nature that we aren’t even aware of unless we really take notice.

In 1962, I graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver, Colorado. I studied figure drawing and painting with the renown western artist Charles Dye.

I worked as an graphic designer for 23 years at Bausch & Lomb, Inc. in Rochester, NY.  After leaving Bausch & Lomb, I worked for several advertising agencies in New York state and Nebraska. I presently work part time at WDStone & Associates in Cookeville, TN.

Married for 34 years to Sandra with one daughter. Hannah.

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