An artist from the age of seven... mainly self taught with some refinement at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. Was a premier sign designer in New Hampshire for over 10 years (producing thousands of sign designs from rotating stainless steel bank signs to 30 ft. high internally illuminated 10' x 30' x 4' custom hi-rise signs) before answering the call of creative ad agency work.

Lived and worked in Papua New Guinea for seven years during the 80's where I had my own Ad Agency with clients that included Burns Philp, the largest Island Importer in the South Pacific, Talair, the second largest air line carrier in the country, Rothmans Tobacco plus major hotels and tourist companies. Over a cup of coffee with the Electoral Commissioner of PNG, accepted the challenge to create a Voter Education Program for the people living in the jungles of the county. That amounted to over 75% of the 3,800,000 or so of the inhabitants. A year and a half later, the largest third world successful voter turnout recorded in World Bank history at that time (well over 70%) proved out the hard work, planning and execution of my