I attended Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY and began a freelance illustration career in 1977. I was approached by General Mills Restaurants in 1985 and asked to paint a wall mural in a restaurant in Daytona Beach FL. This was the beginning of Olive Garden Restaurants which grew to over 500 locations during my time as artist in charge of designing and painting murals and other decorative art. I painted over 1200 murals in 47 states through my 15 years of work with the company.