Tony was born in Tolleson, Arizona in 1933. The family moved to San Diego, California when he was one or two years old. The family moved again, this time to Fresno, California, in 1947. He completed his formal education at Fresno State College in 1955 with a BA in Art. In December of 1955 he married Ann Lemasters. They are still happily married and have one daughter, one son, six grand children and one great grand child.
After serving in the US Air Force, they returned to Fresno and resumed civilian life. The decision was made to make art his career, if possible. They moved to Los Angeles, California where he attended and graduated from Art Center College of Design in 1962, majoring in Illustration.
He was employed as an artist at Foster & Kleiser Outdoor in their Art Department, worked at an art service company and did freelance art. He was employed by Gannett Outdoor advertising as a creative artist until his retirement in 1995.
The love for creating art has never gone away. Oil painting, watercolor, gouache and drawing are his favorite media. Subject matter can be anything from the always beautiful outdoors to still life and people.

"Loves To Fish"24" x 30"Oils
We love the mountains in the High Sierras. Every summer since we were  young adults we camped and fished with our children.  This is a painting of my son, Tony Jr., at Wishon reservoir.  His love of  fishing was all consuming.  I wanted to capture that powerful feeling of love for the outdoors and to my mind the painting succeeds.  He is now an adult and I am very happy to have captured a moment in his happy childhood in oils.
 

"Mountain Cabin"11" x 14"Watercolor
Once again we were camping at Huntington Lake in the Sierra National Forest.  We, my wife Ann and I, decided to look for an interesting site for a painting away from the lake.  A few miles away, and on a dirt road, we came across this unoccupied cabin that was probably a pack station that held our interest.  We were in a lovely place,happily painting away with no signs of people to disturb our creative 
moment.






"The Stretch"24" x 30"Oils
Years ago Hollywood Park Racetrack held an Art Competition with horse racing as their theme.  I decided to visit the track and get a feel for the excitement that was all around. In my opinion it all came down to the final moments in the stretch where the winner is determined. I decided to paint my version of the stretch using oils, applied impasto, to give a boldness to the painting. The action felt 
was what determined the perspective and color scheme to enhance this moment. The art competition was juried, and as one out of about 1200 pieces of art, "The Stretch" was exhibited right next to the 2 Dollar window.