The author is a writer, collector, and world traveler. He has had two full careers; the first as a military officer and the second as a pioneer in cellular radio-telephone. In these two careers he has worked in countries all around the world. He began writing poetry while at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and has written one and two act plays and another book,"Osage Stories", which will be published shortly by CreateSpace. He has degrees in engineering, management science and a doctorate in business. However, Renaissance art and its history are his personal passion, and his extensive travels have exposed him to many of the great collections of this art worldwide. He lives in Northern Virginia, close to the extensive collections, archives and museums of our nation's capital.