I have loved to look and do art for as long back as I can remember. As a kid growing up and going to school in San Francisco, I would visit the DeYoung Museum at every opportunity I would get and go straight to the paintings. I loved to draw and did so quite often. My subjects as a young boy were airplanes, ships, and tanks. My father was a navigator in the Air Force and he would bring me photographs of military airplanes flying and on the ground. I quickly learned how to draw these as I saw them on the photos. As a teenager, I would go around the city and draw the harbor boats, trees in Golden Gate Park, and trolleys on Market Street. I was becoming aware of the beauty of Nature and I wanted to paint it like the masterful paintings that I saw in the museum. 

When I graduated from high school, I reluctantly did not pursue art as a career, as neither my parents nor I had the financial means to attend art school. I got a job with the Postal Service, got married, and raised my own children. My career with the Postal Service lasted 36 years. When I retired 10 years ago, I decided I wanted to be an artist and make that my second career. I am a self taught artist, although I have studied with highly successful artist such as Jay Moore, Charles Waldman, Jean LeGassick, and Ray Roberts. After 10 years of painting, I am still learning to perfect my craft to the best of my ability and will probably always be striving to learn more.

I now live in Sonora, California. It is in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. I am close to Yosemite National Park, Lake Tahoe, and the many trails that wind their way to clear mountain lakes. This is my backyard and this is where I love to paint. I am a member of the Mother Lode Art Association and Central Sierra Arts Council. I am represented by Petroglyphe Gallery in Mokelumne Hill, Ca. www.gallerypetroglyphe.com and Gallerie Copper in Copperopolis, California.

I attempt to put on canvas the beauty of God’s creation as I see it and feel it, and to instill a sense of environmental awareness and the importance of preserving that beauty for all the generations that come after us.