He has a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio and an MFA from New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York. His work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Cooper-Hewitt, the Renwick Gallery, The Sheldon Memorial Art Museum, The Museum of Nebraska Art, The Albuquerque Museum of Fine Arts, The Santa Few Museum of Fine Arts, Detroit Art Institute and many other galleries and private collections.