I just finished this portrait on Sat. This was drawn out over a long period of time. It was started last Aug. School, work and bouts of illness through the winter kept my model from having the time to spare. But we persevered and got it done.
I was born in 1950. I graduated from The duCret School of Art in Plainfield,N.J. where I studied painting and sculpture. Although sculpture and carving wood captured my youthful enthusiasm, I would find a short while later, after painting scenery for a regional theater in N.J., that even though painting offered me a greater challenge, it also offered me greater rewards. In the '80s, I attended The Art Students League of N.Y.C. and The National Academy of Art, also in N.Y.C. where I had the good fortune to study with Dan Green, Harvey Dinnerstein and Ron Sherr. I live in Ashland,Oregon, where I also maintain my studio.