I was born in Fostoria, Ohio and now live on Catawba Island. I began some oil, mural,
and sign painting in my teen years. But this was short-lived to concentrate on studies.
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After high school, I earned an Electrical Engineering degree, then a few years later an
MBA. After this time, I became heavily involved with international business travel for
over 30 years of my career. This put any thoughts of painting on hold. Since my early
days of painting it has been almost 50 years until I started painting again. In 2019 it
rekindled with my involvement painting an outdoor Lake Erie sunset mural which
inspired me to focus on painting again in early 2020.
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Retirement will allow my concentration for painting many more portraits, Lake Erie
boats/landscapes and landmarks, plus portraits of family dogs and cats. Mediums
available are watercolor, acrylics, and oil paint.my clay pieces into bronze
statues. They make a wax mold of the statue and then cast it, creating a piece of art
that will last a thousand years. The bronzing process usually takes about three
months, so often if a part of a piece is done, I will go to Zanesville to recycle the clay
for a new piece.​