About

Short Bio

I'm a retired Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. Now I paint in oil and watercolor.

Statement

After retiring, I wanted to learn more about the fine art of with oil in the old masters style. I was lucky enough to find a master painter and teacher, Charles Becker, who taught me to paint in the style of "Magical Realism". Very similar to the old masters, but with a story or twist, which I find makes a painting more than a painting. It engages you and makes you think.

Biography

From an Army family. Graduated with a BA in Graphic Communications from San Diego State University (excellence in the major). Opened first studio in San Francisco, CA. After 11 years and three studios, which included a year of teaching at the Academy of Art College, accepted a job as Art Director at Charles Schwab & Co, rising to the position of Assoc. Creative Director. Left Schwab for a contract job at Broderbund software. Leaving Broderbund, eight years as a package designer at the Van Noy Group in Healdsburg, CA, retiring in 2012.