After graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Dan utilized his artistic skills in the advertising, aviation and packaging industries. After more than 30 years in the commercial field, he left to pursue a fine art career as a wildlife artist and illustrator. Dan has exhibited his paintings at wildlife art shows primarily in the northeast and has won numerous awards including being twice named Artist of the Year by Ducks Unlimited, Buffalo Chapter. His illustrations have been featured on posters, adorned consumer packaging and accompanied national magazine articles.  Dan is a charter member and past president of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society and honorary member of the Central New York Watercolor Society. Recently, Dan’s days of traveling to participate in art festivals has been relegated to a few select local art festivals. Most of his artistic endeavors have been to share his knowledge of watercolor through classes in the Western New York region. Dan has instructed classes in watercolor and drawing over the past 20 years which have since grown to include Williamsville Continuing Education, Amherst, Clarence, Akron and Orchard Park Senior Centers.Dan says, “A good painting is the result of trial and error, repetition, experimentation and practice, practice, practice!”