History

1940 — Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1958–1964 — University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, then the Layton School of Art, Milwaukee.

1963–1971 — Formed Shags, an “art band” doing performance pieces, recordings, and touring.

1968 — Moved to San Francisco. Continued playing music, executing large murals, and showing sculpture in Northern California galleries.

through 1978 — Moved back to Wisconsin to become the “Space Commander,” a disc jockey. Concentrated on paintings, interior design, and graphics.

1979 — Moved to Sebastopol, California, to become groundskeeper of a private estate — caring for Koi ponds and formal Japanese gardens. Pursued sculpture and painting, and began the tongue-in-cheek Saint / Guardian Angel series.

1981 — Enrolled in the Sonoma State University printmaking department. Returned to lithography, performance pieces, and installations.

1987–1992 — Opened Another Planet with Richard Duben, making Electric Totems and light sculptures.

1989 — Moved to Guerneville, California, and renewed the “Byzantine” Saint / Guardian Angel series of large paintings.

1997–2000 — Completed twenty large abstract paintings — the Extravaganza series.

2000–2003 — Executed the Koi Poems and Koi Totems — paintings, sculptures, and lithographs.

2003–2007 — Concluded 24 large paintings of Women in Fashion and 44 wood cut-outs of Women's Head portraits.

2007–2011 — Completed a series of 30 Chinese landscapes — The Counterfeit Chinese Chronicles — plus 42 wood studies made over the same period.

today — Currently developing a new Saint / Guardian Angel series of paintings.