I am a self taught artist in the sense that I did not study art in school. However I have worked with Gilbert Young and Cincinnati artist Thomas Phelps, have studied many books on painting the landscape, and have spent many years both in the studio and on location doing commissioned work as well as work for my studio collection. I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and have a BA in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. I have worked for some time as a chemical lab technician and painted on the side. I have been drawing since I was a child but became seriously interested in...more