Formal education:

• Art Institute of Pittsburgh
• Harris Commercial Art School, Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee State University
• 37 years in the advertising and marketing profession

Owner and president of Studio East, Inc., a graphic arts and design studio in South Florida. Studio East’s principle client base from top 300/500, included IBM, Motorola, STP, Allied Signal, Intel, Chris-Craft and US Navy.

Teaching Experience:

• Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia (Two years)
  • Adult classes:
    • Oil
    • Drawing, basic to advanced
• Pines and Palms, The Georgia Florida Artist Assoc., Thomasville, Georgia (One year)
  • Adult classes:
    • Watercolor
    • Drawing, basic to advanced
• The Bookshelf, Thomasville, Georgia (Two years)
  • Adult classes:
    • Watercolor
    • Drawing, basic to advanced
• Pearl’s (retail chain), Florida (Two Years)
  • Adult classes:
    • Drawing
• Studio East, Inc. (Thirty-seven years)
  • Mentoring art graduates
  • Night sessions for figure drawing, nude classes, general drawing
• Medium Expertise:
  • Drawing – all mediums
  • Watercolor
  • Oil
  • Sculpture – all mediums
  • Subjects – still life, life drawing, portraiture, architecture, cartooning

To create a passion in the arts in all mediums, to present the techniques, to stand back and watch it realized and unfold. What a beautiful sight.