Oil on Canvas

Born in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho during World War II - into a family that valued greatly the landscape around them. After the War, Gary traveled to the Southern California High Desert and coast in the winter where his grandmother lived. His mother painted and encouraged him to pick up a brush as well. In 1962 he moved to San Francisco where he met and formed close ties with many of the artists in the city.

“ I Paint as in a Garden
Things happen in the Quiet
Moments that turn with the Day
There I lose myself
And leave a Picture “