HOME PAINTINGS WORKSHOPS ARTPRINTS EXHIBITIONS ABOUT RON OLD AND NEWS CONTACT .	Ron was born on May 15, 1947 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Four months later his family moved to Salisbury, North Carolina. Among his early recollections of growing up, was that of becoming an artist. Ron began his college studies at East Carolina University. The U.S. Navy interrupted his college education in 1968. Ron was stationed ine in in Nea Makri, Greece until his release in 1972. He would use his spare time drawing, and painting. In 1973, he was accepted into the Art Academy of Cincinnati, where he continued his artistic studies in printmaking and illustration. In 1978, Ron graduated from the University of Cincinnati with an MFA. After graduation he became an instructor at the Art Academy. In 1980, Ron opened his own graphics and illustration company. For the next twenty years Ron created commercial art, while learning more and more about practical design, illustration and photography on a professional level. When personal computers started taking over the design world, he began to long for the days where he could express himself with brushes, paints, pens and ink. As a side, Ron kept teaching himself how to paint, particularly with oils. It wasn’t until 1987 that he began to seriously think of changing his career to become a full time artist. He began to prepare a group of paintings to honor his parents 50th wedding anniversary. His first oil painting show was exhibited at the Waterworks Gallery in his hometown of Salisbury, North Carolina. In 1993 a PBS instructional “plein art” show featuring John Stobart, jump started Ron into doing “plein air” painting. In the next several years, Ron produced over a thousand paintings. By 1995 Ron was an established painter..