I was trained as an Architect, have a Bachelor from University of Washington and a Master from Columbia University in NY. Started watercolors in the 50s in Seattle as a means of illustrating my designs, and never stopped. I love the medium, hate timidity, draw inspirations from English watercolors of the the mid 1800s.as well as a few Americans of the 1940s to 1970s. Now I paint most days, keep exploring moods and methods, but try to rid myself of technique, at least obvious recognition. Fast, strong, intense, with minimum attention to detail, or to quote one famous...more