I have always been into art, as far back as I can remember... when my artist grandmother gave me some paints and a canvas and asked me to "paint". I used to watch her create the most beautiful landscapes, flowers, watermills, just about anything.

     I joined the Air Force after high school because I loved airplanes! I loved every day of my career, the travel the flying, the excitement of it all! And while serving my country. I had started painting nose arts on aircraft earlier in my career, hangar doors, ammo boxes, tool boxes etc,, but it wasn't until I was stationed at Castle AFB in central Ca. in 1990, that I realized my true calling. Everyday on my way to work I would pass the air museum and I would look out to those old planes and think "gee, someone should paint them". and wouldn't that be cool."

    In 1994 before retiring I was asked to assist the museum before base closure (1995) and supervise the restoration efforts there. I was thrilled. I jumped right in and the first plane I really learned to paint was a B-17 bomber! By the time I left Castle in 1997, I had helped restore several aircraft, including the mighty B-52 and my favorite F-4E Thunderbird.

   In 1997 I moved to Riverside and worked at the March Field Air Museum, where I supervised and restored over 35 aircraft. In 2005 I joined the Wings and Rotors Air Museum at French Valley Airport Murrieta where I work today and love every minute of it. Fortunately my boss and Director of the Museum Pat Rodgers, supports the work I do and allows me the non-paid time off to complete these projects.

  It was in 1999 when I painted my first U.S. Navy H-60 Seahawk, donating my time, unaware of what it would lead to. I still paint them today and this site is primarily about them.