Hi! I'm a retired veterinarian and life-long oil painter. My veterinary practice was in Phoenix, AZ but now I live in Grove, OK on Grand Lake. I grew up in Ohio partly on a farm and part in the city, Columbus, and partly in Madeira Beach, FL. I graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State then served four years in the Army Veterinary Corps at Fort Myer, VA and Fort Richardson, AK. While at Fort Myer I took up oil painting to have some art to hang on our walls. Over the years I've taken photographs wherever I went and I...more