Biography:                   

            I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1944.  I graduated from East High School in 1962.  I attended the University of Utah.

            I began painting early in my life.  I experienced some success in my young adult years.  I had one-man shows at Utah’s Pioneer Memorial Theatre and at the Cottonwood Mall in 1963-64, when I was 19 and 20.  I then moved to Reno, NV. where my work was exhibited and was purchased by the then-Nevada Art Gallery.  In my early twenties one of my paintings was chosen for exhibition in London.

           Although I kept painting, I put aside the professional pursuit of art to raise my growing family, working full time as a pipe-fitter and later in my career as a mechanical designer. At age 60, I retired, and have now returned to the full-time pursuit of my art.

            In 2006 I became a member of the artists’ co-operative Art At The Main (Main Library in Salt Lake City) where my work is exhibited continuously. In 2005 I became a member of Utah Artists. I am also a member of Artists of Utah and the Intermountain Society of Artists.