I have been an artist just a short time starting with my retirement from the furniture business ten years ago. Before that I was a teacher in West Bend, Wisconsin. Shortly after marrying my wife Jovita, I came to live in Xalapa, Veracruz, México where I now live and have lived for over 40 years. I love painting in Pastel. It is a wonderful way to keep my mind off the terrible things we see in the news.