Every subject brings a new emotion.
A clean sheet of paper, a new adventure.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1929. Spent his childhood in Los Angeles except for three years in an American concentration camp at Gila River, Arizona, during World War II.

Married and the father of three children, he worked in the Bay Area as a longshoreman and ship clerk, I.L.W.U. locals #10 and #34. Retired in 1989 after heart surgery.

Art education: Studied at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles with James C. Wright, and with Bay Area watercolorist Ken Potter.

Exhibitions: Group and one-man shows at the Marin County Watercolor Society, Muir Beach Artisans, Marin Society of Artists, East Bay Watercolor Society, Palo Alto Annual, San Francisco Art Festival, Marin Art Festival, Buckelew Marinscapes, Marin County Fair, Watercolor West/Riverside, Marin County Museum of Art at the Civic Center and many local groups.

His paintings are included in corporate and private collections in the western states, including Hawaii, and in Japan.