Pittsburgh native born in 1948 on Pittsburgh’s North Side.    Influences include Salvador Dali, M.C. Escher, Picasso, Thomas Eakins and Rodin. 

  Bernie married and reenlisted, spendingAfter the Navy he attended Geneva College (’93-’98). Raising six children never left much time or energy for pursuing art. At Geneva he met Lynda Lambert, an internationally known artist, who inspired him to get on with his pursuit. 

He produced a 4x4x8 foot installation in the form a closet full of the memories of the day he left for . His closet incorporated his poetry. Also notable was his life sized statue entitled “Natural Man Praying before the Altar of the Machine Age,” a weaving of metal, wood and twine.

His works were the center of interest at Geneva’s annual student art show.  Bernie returned to Geneva as “Special Guest Artist” for it’s 1999 Art Show.