​I was born in Rockaway Beach, NY. Raised on Long Island & Brooklyn, and spent a great deal of my adult life in Manhattan. I currently live on the East end of Long Island.

 

Since I was a child, I've always liked to be creative. So, coming from an artistic family, I was encouraged to draw, paint, and take pictures. When I was sixteen years of age, my grandfather gave me my first camera. It was a Pentax 3000, and my first experience was photographing the Canadian Air Force over Coney Island 4th of July 1980 something! God, I wish I had those negatives today! 

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I have turned my eyes and mind in a different direction from the flow. I was the bubble that floated to the top and burst, the leaf that sank to the bottom to rot, the string that stuck on the twig to be nested. I was never with the flow, always different.

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I have had several careers in the first half of my life, and cherish all the great experiences and education along the way. A total of 27 years on Wall St. on two occasions, with a seven year reprieve to build a business within the Environmentally Sound Industrial Coatings Industry.

 

As a shepherd needs his flock, this Hawk needs to keep soaring, turning, looking, and clicking for what others may not see. You can find me with my head turned, looking half-way between the ground & the sky. I am a shepherd bringing happiness and joy to the flock.

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Hobbies: Golf, Cycling, Music, Hiking, Swimming, Off-Shore Fishing, Reading, Drawing, Photography, and any day at the Beach.