Residential and Commercial Stained Glass, Graphics, and other stuff!

We owe everything to our families and friends for nurturing us.  I was lucky to have had the best of both (ok, so maybe I'm not entirely objective).  I attended The University of North Carolina in Charlotte, UNCC.  I was very fortunate to have some terrific professors and inspiring fellow students.  During the last few years as an art student there the university was experimenting with a program inspired by the Bauhaus in prewar Germany.  That resulted in a Bachelor of Creative Arts degree or the BCA.  Oh what fun that was.  After graduation I went to work at The Statesville Arts and Science Museum as a part of the Third Century Artists program managed by the N.C, Arts Council.  This was essentially an artist-in-residence program but I also worked as the assistant  curator and educational liaison with the schools in the community.  Later I worked freelance before beginning teaching in N.C. Public Schools.  After 25 years with the school system I retired and so now I'm back to independently working on whatever I want to take on .    Thanks folks

Originally I worked mostly with graphics, primarily screen printing.  This often involved photography.  I also was trained to be a public school art teacher.   Heck when you're an "art teacher" you pretty much have to do a little of everything.  But my work now mainly involves leaded Stained Glass, Drawing, Computer Graphics, Design Work, Page Layout, and Carpentry.  It's great fun, but I am obviously no Michelangelo! 

Our world is pretty dadgum spectacular, both the very planet and the people.  If I didn't get inspired by all this I probably should rethink my approach to life.