From the very beginning he has seen artistic influence in his family. His father was a commercial artist with whom he started his first study in drawing at the age of 16. He moved to Los Angeles in 1970 where later he attended the Art Center College of Design. In the year 1972 he graduated in BFA. He later became a teacher and taught drawing and painting for the University of Kentucky at Jefferson Community College in Louisville, Ky. He is also been a guest art instructor and teacher at various workshops all across the country which includes the Scottsdale Artist School, Arts Club of Cincinnati and The Dallas Arts League.