He finished the degree of BS Architecture in 1969 at St. Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines and migrated to the USA in 1971 to join his parents, sisters & later to start his own family at Mercer Island, WA. He pursued his art work in Seattle after retiring. Inspired by his affinity to Philippine Handicrafts & research work for the Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company, one of his art projects in college was The SARIMANOK oil painting and was an inspiration to create a few graphite rendu exhibited as the SARIMANOK SERIES © at the Pagdiriwang Art exhibition, Seattle Center, WA on June 2014. A self-taught artist, he later pursued it in oil.
