Professional Summary

I am retired, living with my wife of 38 years in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. I am currently working on art projects and designing furniture.

Skills

• Drawing
• Teaching art
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Design

Work History

Art Teacher - 05/1970 to 8/12/20/1975. Taught art at the elementary level and two years at the high school level.

Scenic Artist - 06/1971 to 12/2012. United Scenic Artists - New York. Painter of scenery for theater, opera, ballet, movies and television

Accomplishments

Working at the Metropolitan Opera in New York was the highlight of my stage painting career. The highlight of my film production was being the camera scenic artist on "The Black Swan," an Academy Award winning film for which I received screen credit.

Work Experience

• 1970-75: Teaching art in the Ladue School District
• 1971: Passed a rigorous, two-day exam in Chicago and was accepted into United Scenic Artists, one of the oldest and most respected unions of skilled workers in the USA. I began painting scenery at the Saint Louis Municipal Opera that summer.
• 1973: Began working on a Masters Degree in Art Education at Webster University, which I completed in 1974.
• 1975: Admitted into the Masters Degree Program at Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, New York.
• 1977: Graduated with Masters Degree in the fine art of painting.
• Transferred membership from the Chicago local of United Scenic Artists to the New York local. From that time on, I worked with exceptionally talented people in all manner of stage and film production. The work was the highest professional level of anywhere in the world. Painting and sculpting scenery in New York for 37 years was the greatest experience in my professional life.