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"I began very accurate, meticulous drawing at 4 y/o after my sister Helen's death - I hid in workaholism and weary endorphins.

Painting was my addiction, much like an alcoholic

until I sobered up for good at 75 y/o.

"I am of Burgundy (French)-German ancestry, likely Burgundian.

My kinfolk sailed to the American colonies in 1740 as Burgunds, landed in Baltimore, Maryland as John Jacob Burgoon, settled next door to Charles Carroll of Carrollton near Frederick, Maryland (Last living signer of the Declaration of Independence) and

enlisted with General George Washington.

"I became a Junior Curator at ANSP as a 5 y/o. I became an aquatic insect specialist at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP), ground zero for environmental consulting under renowned Dr. Ruth Patrick. I was a Principal Investigator in Limnology & Ecology on contracts with BP, Proctor & Gamble, Potomac Electric, Scott Paper, and Washington (DC) Suburban Sanitation Commission.

I grew up around horses, horsemen and Olympic champions.

I've been a wrestler, tennis player, side horse gymnast, assistant SCUBA instructor, track sprint bicyclist - Alternate to Nationals 1st year -

a different kind of saddle!

I took up field photography as a 7 y/o and later shot for American City Business Journals, etc., corporations, sports, civic events, ...

I never hear the dinner bell with a camera in my hand.

"I began watercolor painting on a whim at 43 y/o - when invited in mid-May 1994 by esteemed Spaniard Alcaraz to learn to do what he did;

Paco did two-man exhibitions with his housemate Picasso

on Montmartre in Paris, France. He is held by the world's finest

art museums: Le Louvre, El Prado, and NYC's Metropolitan.

I didn't know anything about Alcaraz at the time. I just went

like a moth to a flame, trusting that it was right to do.

I was at the edge of a bungee jump platform, lept forward and

caught an American Air flight to Madrid; It was July 3rd.

(See the Perfectly Loved page on this website)

A landed Brazilian heiress arranged my tutelage

over dinner on Cedar Springs in Dallas, Texas.

Oeuvre since July 1994; 750+ watercolors.

(Some shown in the Art Gallery above)

"I gave 527 program keynotes my first 12 months back in north Texas.

Watercolor is fun, creative and predictably unpredictable. Once, in doing a Dallas Botanical Garden series, I rinsed my brush in my stem of Cabernet and impetuously strafed and splattered paintings with my toothbrush. My Holy Land dozen, I tempestuously refined with coarse sandpaper. I slap my thigh with a dripping paintbrush to set its water content.  Methods untaught except by the moment, always with superb results. OMG, sizing actually matters but lessened it's as good as gone - Sizing's discovery made lawyer's contracts possible.

Once I dabbed pigment all over my running shoes before speaking to a general assembly of 750 K thru 5s in Plano, Texas. A kid came up to me in the school's main lobby, looked down at my colorful shoes and said, "Cool mister". That was a memorable experience!

Multiple times I spoke at a national bookstore chain and was invited to be in the National Writers Harvest. I recited in quite a few coffee shops.

My #1 place to speak was American Business Women's (ABWA) at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. A day later, I received a call

from a leading American philanthropy consultant. She curbed my penchant for major league giving. I am authentic. Pure Vida!

"I did a Texas Rangers AA RoughRiders painting for the Dallas Credit Union Association to benefit Children's Miracle Network.

I did a Ft Worth high school fundraising piece for a PGA Tour Champion - His wife called me at 6AM to mirthfully say that at that moment he was rearranging their furniture around her surprise gift.

I can tell plenty of stories.

"One of my mentors was a Retired MG serving on the Board of Belo Corp. He was a USMA and M.I.T. graduate. Another was a sinker slider pitcher from the Milwaukee Brewers alongside Mark Ciardi (Miracle, The Rookie, The Underdog, Secretariat, ...). Another was EDS founder, the world's first billionaire, multibillionaire Ross Perot, Sr. of Dallas.

"Former USCENTCOM Commander, Four-star General Tommy Franks penned the foreword to my 1st book, Ode to Joy (OTJ). I attended General Westmoreland's 50th wedding anniversary along with 40 Medal of Honors and two Knight Commanders, Knights of Malta. 'Westie's' wife, Kitsy Westmoreland, corralled me for a picture.

I received a letter from SM Juan Carlos I The King of Spain.

"One of my watercolors is between 2 original Picasso oils and a Chagall

on an international businessman's cattle ranch in Texas.

I have a very powerful memory of Dr. Albert C. Barnes' home

cherry-picked art collection in Merion, Pennsylvania -

Vincent van Gogh's, Matisse's, Picasso's, Cezanne's, Mondrian's, 

Pollock's, ... Later, I toured Fallingwater on Bear Creek in Pennsylvania.

I saw Charlie Russell's Paper Talk exhibit at the Amon Carter in

Fort Worth. A lasting impression. Wow, wow, wow".

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