I have always loved the challenge of transforming a blank piece of paper or canvas into a drawing or painting with meaning and emotional ties to my vision.  The act of creating has been the theme of my life. I was educated at the University of Minnesota in the School of Architecture and Design, a school that stressed DESIGN.  While studying Architecture I took many Art classes, quickly learning there is DESIGN in Art as well as Architecture.  I continued my studies in Illustration at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.  For several years I worked as a Commercial Illustrator making purposeful art that told a story.   While I made my living for 50 years as an architect, I continued to paint enjoying the freedom of making Art without the constraints imposed by Architecture. I continued to study art taking numerous classes and workshops from notable instructors both locally and nationally. On the national level I have taken workshops with Eudes Correia, David Taylor, Steve Rogers, Skip Lawrence, Ted Nuttall, and Mary Whyte to name a few. In Rochester, NY I studied under well known regional artists - Dick Kane, Jeanne Lindsay, g.a. Sheller while taking classes at the University of Rochester's Creative Workshop within the Memorial Art Gallery. I have found that there is a nugget or more that you discover with everyone you study with or just watch.  We all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us and those who we encounter through life.  I try to draw and or paint daily and keep my imagination active by experimenting and playing; always thinking about the next painting!