Born: Texas : Lived in Kansas and Oklahoma
Summer Art Scholarship, Wichita State Univ., Kansas 1956
High School : Oklahoma '57-'61 : Art - Mechanical Drafting
University of Houston '61-'63 : Fine Art : Architecture
United States Air Force '63-67 : Radar Electronics Technican
Layton School of Art and Design '67-'69 : Graphic Design : Illustration
Home : Flagstaff, Arizona

Interests:
• Ancient Peoples of the Colorado Plateau : Anthropology, Archeology and Rock Art Research.
• World History, Natural History, Earth Sciences, Astronomy, Genealogy.
• Computer Art: Web Design / Graphics, Digital Imagery, Photography and Writing.

Art Mediums:
• Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Dyes, Graphite, Pencil, Inks, Enamels.

Chronology of Art Shows & Awards

1960: Sold first Pencil/Graphite Drawing
1961: First Commission: Oil Painting
University of Houston, Houston, TX
1963: United States Air Force
1967: Layton School of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
1969 -1970: Graphic Design/Production Artist : Member: Professional Advertising Artists Assocation, Dallas, Texas

1971-1972: Work: Saw Mill (2yrs) Freelance Handyman - Freelance Graphic Design/Production Artist: Sign Painter:
Painting and Drawing Northern Arizona. Subjects: Landscapes, Old Historic Buildings, Hopi Villages, Grand Canyon.

1972:

Commission : George Nackard-Joey's Food Circus Restaurant Flagstaff, Arizona
24 Vintage style Circus Poster Illustrations. I went to Guaymas, Mexico two months and painted them on the beach.

1973: Freelance Graphic Design/Production Artist: Sign Painter:
Painting and Drawing Northern Arizona. Subjects: Landscapes, Old Historic Buildings, Hopi Villages, Grand Canyon.

1974:

• Painting and Drawing Northern Arizona. Subjects: Landscapes, Old Historic Buildings, Hopi Villages, Grand Canyon.
• Coconino County Fair
• Williams Arizona July 4th Art Show

1975:

• Dimensions '75 - Glendale Community College, Glendale, Arizona. Pencil/Graphite Drawing.
• El Valle Purchase Award Show / Arizona Artists Guild- Jerome, Arizona
• First Annual Jerome Theme Show - Jerome, Arizona : Award: 2nd Acryilic Painting
• One Artist Show: Verde Valley Artists Gallery, Jerome, Arizona
• Coconino County Fair. Award: Honorable Mention Pencil/Graphite Drawing.
• Northern Arizona University Annual Christmas Show, Flagstaff, Arizona
• Commission: George F. Hoke, President, Williams Chamber of Commerce: 'Ole Bill' Williams, Williams, Arizona City Logo.
  Still in use today (2011)

1976:

One Artist Show : Williams Arizona Motor Vechicle Deptartment Lobby.

1977:

• Verde Valley Artists Annual Membership Show : Verde Valley Artist's Gallery, Jerome, Arizona : Award: 2nd Acrylic Painting-'Metamorphosis'.
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Award: 3rd Acrylic Painting

1978:

• Member (Juried): Professional Artists of Northern Arizona
• One Artist Show: Flagstaff Art Barn - Flagstaff, Arizona.
• Mid-Summer Art Festival, Flagstaff Art Barn - Flagstaff, Arizona,.1st Award: Ink Ilustration.
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Award: 1st Drawing & 2nd Award: Ink Illustration.

1979:

• Studio One, Williams, Arizona: Award: 1st Drawing.
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Award: Best of Show: Drawing.
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Mixed Media Illustration: Purchase Award: Valley National Bank of Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona.

1980

• Arizona State Fair - Phoenix, Arizona.
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Awards: 1st Drawing & 3rd Acrylic Painting
• Flagstaff Summer Arts Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona.
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Awards: 1st Drawing & 3rd Acryilic painting.
• One Artist Show - WBS Corporation, Los Angeles, California.
• Two Artist Private Show with Drake Seaman courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Long, Scottsdale, Arizona.

1981:

• Pima County Fair - Tucson, Arizona. Award: Honorable Mention: Mixed Media Illustration
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Award: 1st Mixed Media Illustration

1982

• Sedona Arts Council Annual Show - Sedona, Arizona. Award: Honorable Mention: Acrylic painting.

1983:

• No Shows
• Commission : Charles & Glynna Shawbell-Hays: Old Hays Farm, Wynnewood, Oklahoma: Airbrush/Magic Color Dyes/Graphite Illustration.

1984:

• Commission : Arizona Raft Adventures, Flagstaff, Arizona: T-Shirt Graphic Design/Logo.

1985:

• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Awards: 1st Ink Illustration, 1st Mixed Media, 1st Graphic Design and Honorable Mention: Acrylic painting.
• One Artist Show - The Office Gallery, Bisbee, Arizona
• Commission: 'Heck Marley-Cowboy' : Marley Family Decendents: Oil Painting

1987:

• I-40 Expo - Winslow, Arizona. Award: 1st Oil painting.
• Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Award: Best of Show: Oil painting

1988: Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Awards: Best of Show:Oil painting, 1st Mixed Media, 3rd Drawing.

1989: Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Awards: 1st Oil painting, 3rd Drawing, 3rd Mixed Media.

1991: Coconino County Fair - Flagstaff, Arizona. Awards: 1st Mixed Media

1992 - 2001: All artwork and supplies in storage and employed full time at various jobs. Raising two sons full time as single dad. Computer work: Genealogy research and webpage design.

2001: Continued to develop and design web pages and graphics.

2002 -2004: Began to organize art studio area and begin painting again. First trip to Hawai'i in 2002. Painting Hawai'i inspired seacapes

2005 - 2009: Still painting Hawai'i seascapes. More Hawai'i trips.

2009: 140 Twitter Art Show : Grandon Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona.

2010: No Shows.

2011: No Shows.