Education

BFA in Art Education, University of Illinois, 1963
Master of Art Education, Herron School of Art and Indiana University, 1985. 
Ronald Mattison Award for Outstanding Performance in Art Education. 
Sigma Pi Alpha Academic Honorary for the Visual Fine Arts 

Professional Organizations

Juried member:  Arizona Artists' Guild,  Sonoran Arts League,  Arizona Art Alliance, Arizona Plein Air Painters.
Member of the Scottsdale Art League.
Member of Oil Painter's of America.
Member of the Portrait Society of America 

Studied Advanced Painting With:

Clayton Beck III, John Budicin, John Burton, Wende Caporale, Scott Christensen, Daniel Green, Ralph Oberg, William Scott Jennings, Frank La Lumia, T. Allen Lawson, Bob Lemler, Matt Smith, George Strickland, Burton Silverman, Skip Whitcomb, Xiang Zhang