Graduated from Notre Dame High School in Belmont, California in 1968. Attended College of San Mateo and the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. One of my high school art teachers instructed us to write down one thing every day that we had never noticed before. I try to live and work with this in mind. It helps to improve the most important of an artist's tools.....the ability to REALLY see and not just casually observe. Because I majored in Graphic Design in College, I have only had one semester of oil painting. I believe that once you learn the fundamentals, you're on your own more...
