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"I was born in Portland, Oregon. My childhood was spent growing up in Vancouver, Washington and the Puget Sound Area where a favorite grandfather lived. I graduated from the University of Portland with a degree in English Literature. Currently, I live in Washington with my wife, Sandra.

I began drawing and sculpture at the age of 2 in 1944. I was in several Washington State student shows until the age of 10 when I discovered baseball. I didn’t draw anything again until age 25. I began painting seriously that year and worked for the next five years on abstract forms, almost minimal art. It started to become a dead-end for me. I have since tried to abandon any ‘school’ of painting and have tried to maintain an autobiographical approach. My subjects are mostly found in my backyard or around the county I live in.

Over the years, I have had more than 50 one-man shows. One of the most interesting was a double show in Leipzig, Germany—in a gallery and at the American Consulate. The media I use include watercolor, bronze (cast and fabricated), oil, ceramic, wood and several printmaking techniques.

People always want to know the meaning of my work and where I get my ideas. I like to think my work is simply about the people and places and animals I love, about creating a world for them that I realize can never exist.
It is impossible to discuss what I’m up to. Images, unlike the written word, do not dictate to you. We are visual beings and each image is a dialogue. This is what I see, and I guess, after twenty five years of painting almost every day, it has become my world."