About the Gallery

After a 40-year career as a cell biologist and administrator at Cal State Fullerton, I took up oil painting in my retirement.  Having taken an introduction to oil painting workshop in the early '70s, I put down the brush to finish graduate school, establish myself as a teacher-scholar, teach students interested in becoming cell biologists, physicians, and the like, and collaborate on research with students in my cell biology of fertilization and gamete ultrastructure laboratory.  Those activities remained my passion throughout my academic career.  In retirement, I now seek a new creative outlet to challenge my wits and keep me engaged in life.  Oil painting is proving to be that new passion.  Observing nature through the eyes of a painter is teaching me to see in a different and complementary way.  The excellent teacher and master American impressionist, John Cosby, has been an inspiration and is a superb guide.  The exciting journey continues…