East Rock Road Bridge Painting

I was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1953. For the first six years of my life I lived in the Success Village housing project. My father became a Field Service Representative for Sikorsky Aircraft. At the age of 6 we were shipped to Key West, Florida where we lived for 3 years followed by 1 year in Providence Rhode Island, Gathaab, Greenland for 6 months, and Copenhagen, Denmark for 5 1/2 years. My high school education was completed in Stamford, Connecticut. I studied at Paier College of Art for 3 years where the basic foundations of design, color, advertising, illustration, and fine art were taught. I worked in the silkscreen industry and in a package design studio until my first son was born. I established a successful building maintenance company which I ran for several years. Branched into construction with a second company specializing in historic restorations. I worked on the restoration of The Hedges, one of the mansions in Newport Rhode Island. I've been working as a graphic artist and web master foe the last 20 years at Whelen Engineering. I began painting in earnest while living in Copenhagen and have managed to continue painting by stealing time where I could. I am now approaching retirement age and am looking forward to practicing my art on a full time basis.