account of a particular painting trip, on a specific day, but how I remember it as if it were happening now. All those times and what he would say and how he would say it. That is the important thing, the and how of it. One-on-one, steady, rock-solid, and patient, it developed during all the years of teaching students at the university as a way of showing others how one that is self- taught learns and grows.

“I just wanted to write you and let you know how much I appreciate the very nice recommendation letter... I’m sure all of your students are as proud to have been your student as I. I wish you and your family a long and happy life.”

--From a letter by A. Ojan, Pittsburgh, PA 12/84

He has always been influenced by what was happening all around him at the moment. Throughout the years in which he was involved in industrial design, he picked up on blueprinting, template making and fabricating containers, each of these finding its way into his abstractions. A career in what was then called commercial art also added to his attitude toward

use of materials as well as to a keen understanding of visual composition and graphics. While working and raising a family, he always found time to paint his own works, either by going into the field or painting in the studio. His teaching position allowed him the opportunity of focusing on his own ideas and ways of working. By working in a series, he is able to use the landscape motif while experimenting and changing ubiquitously. When “Sub” creates a series (three or more paintings) on a certain theme, he says his attitude, the materials he chooses, and the way he uses the medium, all determine the style in which that series is handled. Sometimes, when executing this process, ideas transform themselves and branch off so as to alter his attitude about the subject. This change may dictate a similar shift in either materials or the way to handle the medium, therefore requiring an alternate series of its own. This exploratory, creative approach came about simultaneously with and became his principal method of teaching.

“Whenever I start to paint, I stop and look at what you have done, trying to learn from you. Your understanding