I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, my Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa, Iowa City.

My art work has appeared in shows at: Whitney Museum of American Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Akron Art Institute; Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane; Kansas City Art Institute; Missoula Museum of the Arts; Library of Congress; Bronx Museum of the Arts; Glenbow Art Museum, Calgary; Bush Barn Art Center, Salem;  Allen Frumkin Gallery, Chicago; Francis Nauman Fine Art, New York; Artemesia Gallery, Chicago; Friends of Photography, San Francisco; Mahler Gallery, Seattle; University of Oregon;  Association for Computing Machinery, Boston; Technology Watch, Stockholm; Omegalfa Arts Ensemble, Brussels; And/Or Gallery, Seattle; 80 Langton Street, San Francisco; Foster-White Gallery, Seattle; and other venues.

I am an Associate Member of the River Gallery, Independence, Oregon, and a member of the Salem Art Association. 
 
I have written historical articles for automotive magazines, was once the U.S. parts dealer for the Messerschmitt microcar, have fronted two rock-and-roll bands, and am five-time winner of the Oregon Old-Time Fiddlers Association Senior Championship.
 
I live in Salem, Oregon with my artist-wife, Jo.