I was reared in Oklahoma City and graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Forestry. My wife Betty and I now reside in Fayetteville, AR. At the age of 40, I began painting. My first teacher was Janice Clark. Although I did not know her at the time, she observed some of my work in a frame shop. She told the storeowner, “If he does not think he knows it all, I would like to teach him.” From that point on she began instructing me without charge. Around that time Janice was featured in a book entitled, “A Fine Age –...more