He studied in America and Poland under Jan Pawlikowski in Krakow and Rajmund Swirek in Katowice Poland. In 2010 he won a gold medal in Cremona Italy for his copy of Andrea Amati’s 1560 violin called Il Portuguese. He is the former  owner of Old World Violins in Albuquerque New Mexico, a shop that sponsored the Violin Society Convention and Competition in 1990.  He has won numerous gold medals and certificates for his work in American competitions.