Merced, Gateway to Yosemite Painting

FEBRUARY 2020: Work is now in the US Dept of State Art in Art to Embassies. Simply stated: I like to create many things. Painting is a real pleasure because I can translate an image, in my view, the way I'd like to see it in oil onto a board. I've always painted. I've been an 'artist/designer' all my life. In '64 I won the coveted Robert C.J. Traub (the Traub Mfg Co., Detroit, MI) Memorial Scholarship to study art in Europe. At eighteen I left the US a single language speaker and toured Europe via coach, train and plane. Of course it makes an impact on a young person. At that time, Europe was somewhat copacetic and comfortable with American tourists. Knowing I'd be back, I left with ambition and drive to start a life in the fine art/design business. After university I began working the the allied design fields including Urban, Automotive and Product. Having a full passion for 3D works, I continued to create in both metals (jewelry as well as 2 D works. My Jewelry designs are currently involved with expressive automotive shapes that reflect aeroforms of late 60's 70's. Having won awards in the jewelry world I am inspired to create high content gold jewelry on a contractual basis. I won an award in 2008 at the International Housewares show for a (patented design) tea kettle. My inspiration was a simple fortune cookie that I developed(yet with out commerical success, the design sits on the shelf.) Collections: Estate of Syd Mead, Hollywood Oprah Winfrey. Hans J. Adler, Sr Adviser, Statistics, Ottawa, CN Naoto Amaki, Consul General, Japan Laurence Barker, Artist and paper maker to Miro, Picasso, Barcelona Cal State Univ, San Jose Permanent Collection John Cannon, Atty Dykema, Gossett, Brown, Detroit Howard Camden, Camden Agency, Farmington MI Henry N. Ehrlich, Executive producer Paramount Films, Arthur B. Greenstone, Atty, Birmingham, MI Richard Hirneisen, Photographer, R.O MI William L.