Born and educated in the 'Big Sky Country' of Montana. My first art mentor was my uncle, Henry Meloy, an art and drawing instructor at Columbia University in the 40's. The Uniiversity of Montana in Missoula, Montana has attributed The Henry Meloy Art Museum on campus. Art studies imclude : Ceramics with Rudy Autio at The University of Montana; Chet Cullom, Woodland Hills, California; Sabastian Capella and Perrietta Hester, both live in LaJolla, California. I have a passion for setting up my easel, outside, where the elements are reflected in my plein-air...more