About the artist: Jim Christley
Originally from western Pennsylvania, Jim left there for the Navy at age 17 in 1962. Over the next 20 years he served in the Submarine Force aboard two diesel submarines, three nuclear fast attack submarines, and made eleven deterrent patrols on two different fleet ballistic missile submarines After retiring from the Navy in 1982 he worked for 17 years as an engineering consultant in the area of submarine noise quieting. In 1999 he started a third career as an artist. Studying watercolor with noted watercolor artists Lou Bonamarte and Gerald Levey he...more