Education:
- Bachelor Fine Arts:
- 1963
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Richmond, VA
- Graduate studies:
- 1964
- California Collage of Arts
- Oakland, CA
- 1966
- UC Santa Barbara
- Goleta, CA
Commercial Art:
- 1964 – 1971:
- Graphic design, advertising design, slide presentations: Santa Barbara, CA
- 1971 – 1982:
- Logo design, sign design, truck lettering: Webster County, WV
- 1982 – present:
- Graphic design, murals: Horry County, SC
Fine Art:
- 1964 – present:
- Abstract painting, portraits, metal sculpture
Teaching:
- Graphic design, Coastal Carolina University
- Painting and drawing, private classes
Elucidation:
I was trained as a commercial artist, obtained a BFA in Commercial Art, and spent many years in a variety of commercial art positions. I worked as a graphic artist, on pre-print production, color slide presentations, and sign painting. During ten years in West Virginia, the sign work included truck lettering and pin-striping, whose visual forms and tools can be detected in the present abstract work. More recently I’ve done 10 years of mural painting. Throughout this time, I’ve done figurative painting and portrait work. Over nearly six decades, these various art disciplines have contributed to the vocabulary and maturity of the abstract paintings.