Timeline

1913

Born June 16th in McAlester, Oklahoma

1931 - 1933

Enrolled at the University of Oklahoma in Norman

1933 - 1938

Enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri

1939

Gained recognition with his painting, Open Door Hearth, a commission for Sheffield Steel Corporation, that was chosen to represent Missouri in the American Art Today exhibition at the New York World's Fair

1946

Awarded the Eames Prize by the Society of American Etchers, and his work was included in the book American Prize Prints of the Twentieth Century, by Albert Reese

1949 - 1951

Taught etching at the Kansas City Art Institute

1957

Relocated to Atlanta, where for a brief time he worked as a painter and illustrator for the Lockheed Corporation