I am a retired entrepreneur having owned and operated several businesses including hotel/motel, restaurant, land development and construction companies. I now concentrate mainly on my art which has been a passion of mine since I was a child. I used to do oil portraits, but now concentrate mainly on pencil sketches on paper (mostly figures). I have done portraits for several public figures including astronaut John Glenn, Senator Howard Metzenbaum, Governor Ted Strickland, Ellen DeGeneres, Woody Haralsen and several others. I also am an award winning poet having won...more
