WHAT IS THIS?
This is where you can learn about my professional activities. What I am painting or writing, what I have been doing, what is on the horizon, where I am traveling, or just what I am thinking about. You can see my covers, read excerpts from my books, and even order a book directly from me. My paintings are also for sale on this site. Please be cautioned that, due to the unique nature of my colors changing or "flipping" as you change viewpoints, my paintings do not photograph well.

I was born in South Dakota. After a thirty-five-year career in Baltimore, Maryland, as an Artist, College Art Professor, and Dean of Liberal Arts, I retired and turned my creativity to writing and painting. I was an avid sailor, held a fifty-ton Captain's license in the U.S. Coast Guard, and have extensively sailed the waters of the U.S. East Coast, Bermuda, and the Bahamas.

My wife of 63 years, Tammy, passed away a few years ago.  I have three children, Shanando, Shane, and Shala, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. I reside in Rapid City, South Dakota, but spend most of my time living between Catonsville, MD, and Arvada, CO, with my son and/or daughter.

I am a graduate of South Dakota State University, hold an MA degree in Painting from West Virginia University, and I have earned a Ph.D. in Aesthetics/Philosophy from the University of Maryland. I have written about and taught Art Appreciation and Aesthetics at West Virginia University, the University of Maryland, and CCBC.

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The purpose of this site is two-fold.  To illustrate what I am doing as well as to offer my paintings and drawings for sale. As for my paintings, I offer a new service that allows me to customize a work for you.  

This is how it will work: You send me a feather, a dried flower, a ribbon, a leaf, or another simple object that can be incorporated into one of my works.  For a set price, primarily determined by size, and accompanied by a 25% deposit, I will create a painting. 

The nice thing about this is that if, for any reason, you're not satisfied with the finished work, I will provide you with a signed photographic copy of the painting as a refund of your deposit.  I will add the finished work to my collection.