Entropy # 2 Acrylic 30 x 24
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For as far back as I
can remember, I was drawing. I copied comic book
characters and scenes from western movies and
made my own cartoons. "The Famous
Artist" commercial art course set up by
Norman Rockwell and eleven other artists was my
introduction to formal training and I completed
six correspondence courses before joining the
Navy. While in the Navy I studied with various
art schools and artist around the country. This
included Olympic Jr. College, Bremerton, WA and
with Allen Jones in Hampton, VA and Ray Goodbread
in Charleston, SC. While on recruiting duty in
Washington, D.C. I took several courses at
Corcoran School of Art and spent numerous lunches
at the National Gallery of Art and the National
Portrait Gallery
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around the corner from the recruiting station
on Seventh and E Street. Then in 1972 the Navy sent me to
Pensacola Jr. College where I obtained an Associates Degree
in Fine Art. Following graduation, I returned to Washington
to work for the Chief of Naval Information and while at
the Pentagon, I enrolled at George Washington University
and resumed studies at Corcoran. I have art with the Navy's
Combat Art collection in Washington and with various political
and theatrical dignitaries around the country and overseas.
In 1962 I designed the two postal caches used for the historic
rendezvous of the submarines Skate and Seadragon at the
North Pole. In 1974 I assisted and was commended by Secretary
of the Navy James Middedorff in the organization of a special
show of Navy Combat Art .
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Since 1978 I've spent my time as an actor
that paints and writes. I was a member of the Los Angeles
Art Association and displayed works in various shows with
them and was Guest Artist at Gallery 9 in Thousand Oaks,
CA. In 2000 I moved to Pass Christian, MS where I have a
studio and have
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works on display At Serenity Gallery in
Bay St. Louis. In 2001 I was The Featured Artist with a
show of my Entropy Series Additionally there are works on
display at Blue Skys Gallery in Pass Christian.
He is also represented
in DuPont collection of "Southern Artist." In
2005 the Curator acquired the Watercolor,
"House on the Hill" for the collection.
Special Note:
In November 2006
the artist will be represented with one entry, "The
Storm" using Hurricane Katrina as a
reference in which the artist lost 40 years of paintings
and sketch books along with his home and studio in Pass
Christian, MS at the "Trade Winds Show"
presented at the World Fine Art Gallery,"511 West
25th Street, Suite 803, New York, NY.
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