I was Born in 1956, BC (before computers) into a family of six. I was third in the pecking order but first to follow in my father's footsteps taking up the profession of painting.   Soon my brother and two sisters followed, and we were a family of five artists. 

I finished High School at sixteen and began painting full time while taking night classes at a community college.  I studied areas of interest like history rather than art, as my art training came first from my dad at age nine, and then several well known artist who were friends of the family. 

One such friend was Ray Swanson, a great Western artist, who I did yard work for at the age of thirteen, and who invited my dad and me into his studio one Saturday afternoon, after I mowed his lawn, for a demonstration in watercolor...no charge for the lesson, and I got paid for the lawn.  After that, watercolor became my favorite medium.  It was only later I learned, from others, that it was supposed to be difficult. Watercolor was my preferred medium because it's what I learned first; and it's still my favorite medium today...I love a great watercolor!

Another artist was Donald Teague, recognized as one of the most famous watercolorist of our time, who lived a few short blocks from my dad's art gallery in Carmel California.  At  sixteen, I was able to take a new piece over to Mr. Teague's house for a critique, before taking it into the gallery.  I was able to do the same with Vaughn Shoemaker, a great painter, and one of America's most famous editorial cartoonists from1920-1970, with two Pulitzer prizes; and there were several others...men of great talent, and character...men who influenced my art, and my life.

In my late teens, I enjoyed painting a variety of subjects including old Americana scenes (barns, windmills, wagons, landscapes, still life, etc.), before stumbling onto a ranch while on a photographing trip across the US, and discovering what Remington, Russell, and McDonalds had in common...cowboys; and spent several weeks getting to know a new subject first hand.   The rancher needed help, so I was asked to play cowboy (until I couldn't sit down), in exchange for all the pictures I could take. I loved my new subject; moved from California to Arizona, and painted the Western American Cowboy genera for about six years, before gettin a hankerin for the road again.

I headed south...I mean really south...red tile roofs, kids on donkeys, coconuts and white sandy beaches south; where I eventually lived for several years, painting the native Indians, market places, and rural life of Mexico and Central America...all in watercolor, of course. 

During those years I met my wife Jenny, who is from Costa Rica.  Getting married had a big time settling affect on me, and we moved to the States, landing in Arizona, where we've been mostly ever since.

I easily transitioned to painting our own Native Indians, and Arizona landscapes, along with a commissioned portrait, now and then.

Along the way, as you can imagine, I've displayed my art in numerous shows, and galleries.  For the past fifteen years I've been showing with Trailside Galleries in Scottsdale Arizona, and reside in Glendale Arizona with my wife and daughter.