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I was born at Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, a small town in southern France and arrived in the United States at the end of World War II. I have been interested in art, particularly painting and printmaking since childhood. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, I received my BFA degree in Printmaking and Drawing from Wichita State University. My early career was devoted primarily to the printmaking mediums of the woodcut and the wood engraving, having exhibited in a number of regional exhibitions. Since the 1970's I have concentrated on drawings, watercolors and acrylic air-brush paintings while also being employed over the years as an art therapist, teacher, curator, technical illustrator and as the owner of an art gallery and frame shop. Living much of my life in Kansas, I became acquainted and friends with a few of the original "Prairie Printmakers"; among them Lloyd C. Foltz, Charlie Capps, Clarence Hotvedt, Leo Meissner, Ted Hawkins, William Dickerson, and M.R. Bebb, who gave me enthusiastic encouragement. Most of the prints shown here were executed between 1963 and 1972 and only a few impressions of each were printed at the time. After 30 years I have returned to my first endeavor, the woodcut and the wood engraving. Over the years a number of my blocks have split, warped or developed cracks and needed to be repaired before the rest of the editions could be run. Quite a few were beyond repair and have been discarded. On these pages are the ones that survived. Now that my printmaking studio is set up again, I will be adding new work in the near future, so bookmark my website and check back to see what has been added.

Busy at work......... . . . . . . . . . . . .photo taken in 1966.

I am presently restoring a turn-of-the-century home (a never ending project), and second to my interest in art is my appreciation for antiques and collectibles. In recent years I have acquired a fascination (obsession) for antique clocks and pocketwatches, especially early American and pre-1850's English fusee pocketwatches and am in the process of building a web site to showcase my small collection.

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