Eons member since

Nov 09, 2007

Age, Gender

63, Male

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Relationship

Married

Hometown

Emmetsburg, Iowa

Places I've been

Korea Japan Guam Belize BVI Vietnam Europe Cabo Hollywood

Education

• Emmetsburg Public High - 1959 to 1963
• University of Iowa, Fine Art - 1964 to 1968
• UCLA, MFA Fine Art - 1970 to 1972

Work

• UCLA, Teaching Assistant - 1970 to 1972
• USC, Instructor Printmaking - 1975 to 1977
• Piece College, Instructer Printmaking - 1977 to 1978
• UCLA Art Extension, Instructor Printmaking - 1975 to 1979
• Century 21 Hollywood Inc., Broker Owner - 1977 to 2008

Military

• U.S.Army - 1968 to 1970
  Division: 8TH
  Rank: 1st Lieutenant

More about me

I grew up in a small town in Northern Iowa, played football, coached the swimming team, and graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in printmaking studying under Mauricio Lasansky. I then went into the Army and ended up pulling 13 months in Korea on the DMZ. Coming out of Korea I entered UCLA and earned a MA and MFA in printmaking while studying under Jan Stussy and Stanton Mac-Donald Wright. The next year after the funds dried up on my Fulbright Award to Portugal, because of the Angola War, I was lucky to get hired by USC where I taught printmaking as a junior faculty member. I also replaced professors at UCLA when they went on sabaticals, and taught one year at Pierce College. In 1977 I tried Real Estate, you know just for the summer, but by fall I had purchased Century 21 Hollywood Inc. and had a new vocation going. Now 31 years into real estate, I'm coming full circle and starting to paint little quick studies 9X12. I'm using just 1/2 inch brushes and 5 colors. I intentionally limit my time to 2 hours after which I stop and throw something away, or keep it. The fun for me is that these little studies can be scaned on my office FAX machine and e-mailed to my daughter in Long Beach, who is my best critic. She sends me her paintings as well, so we have great talks.

Activities

Sailboat Racing

Favorite Charities

American Red Cross

Favorite Music

Classic & Country, Go figure that out.

Favorite TV Shows

History Channel

Favorite Movies

Wind

Favorite Books

Sand & Fog

Favorite Quotes

If it were that easy, everyone would be doing it.

Favorite People

Ben Franklin

Favorite Places

Cabo & Belize

Favorite Animals

Dolphins & Whales

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