I am uncomfortable when asked to ascribe meaning to a particular work, believing that meaning and understanding happen where art and the viewer interact. Both the artist and the viewer bring something to the experience, and their interaction creates meaning. It is not ordained by me.

Resume: Born in Ft. Worth, Texas. Educated in Dallas & Stephenville, TX

College Education interrupted by World War II

Three Year Service U.S. Army Infantry; Wounded twice in European Theater of Operations

Professional actor on stage and T.V., NYC, 1949-1960

Studied painting in New York, National Academy of Design; The Art Student's League, Professional Class with Leo Manso.

BFA, MFA Degrees in Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1960-1963

One Man Shows:

Secret Lots 1990-2005. Fifteen Year Retrospective of paintings from Sag Harbor, NY to Kerrville, TX; Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, Kerrville, TX; Gallery 4, Atlanta, GA; Quinlan Art Center, Gainsville, GA; Monterey Gallery, Savannah, GA; Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta GA; The Goat Alley Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY.

Selected Exhibitions:Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational Show, The Springs, East Hampton, NY, 1968-1993; 725 Group Invitational (Sag Harbor Artists), The Goat Alley Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, 1970-1993; The Enez Whipple Print and Drawing Collection, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY; exhibited in numerous regional and annual shows in Detroit, MI, Atlanta, GA, Chatanooga, TN, and East Hampton and Southhampton, NY. (Juried and Invitational)

Museums/Selected collections: The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY; The Parrish Museum of Art, Southampton, NY; The Pensacola Museum, Pensacola, FL; Spelman College, Atlanta, GA; DeKalb College, Clarkston, GA; Helena Rubenstein Foundation, NY,NY; The Hearst Corporation, NY, NY; Mr/Mrs. Kurt Schroder, Luxembourg; Ms. Katheryn B. Burke, Atlanta, GE; Mr./Mrs. J.D. Shubin, Atlanta, GA; Mr. Hugh L. Latta, Atlanta, GA; Mr/Mrs Paul Loyd, Tulsa, OK; Mr/Mrs Charles Loggie, Kerrville, TX; Mr/Mrs Steve Henderson, Kerrville, TX; the estate of Mr John Steinbeck, NY, NY