A California painter and poet affiliated with San Francisco's North Beach and the San Francisco Beat Movement. His small paintings were in an exuberant figurative or abstract style. He was an instructor at the San Francisco Art Institute and at the San Francisco Creative Art Center, which he co-founded. Often collaborating with Beat poet Ruth Weiss, he illustrated her book of poetry Gallery of Women and was immortalized in one of her poems.Education:San Francisco State College- B.A. Fine ArtsStudied with John Gutman, Karl Kasten, Seymour LocksSan Francisco Art InstituteStudied with Joan Brown, Manual Neri