Ohio native, started painting at 13 and earned a scholarship to Chicago's American Academy of Art. Went on to study with Harry Anderson and Haddon Sundblom. Primarily worked in goache and watercolor, but ocassionally oil, too (see entry 001A below). Best known for his work with Esquire magazine and its literary offspring, Coronet, as well as Collier's and American Magazine. Married one of his models, with whom he had three children.