After graduation from the University of Michigan in 1969, Ron followed a passion for working with young people and became a high school biology/chemistry teacher. In 1978 he was taught the art of silk screen painting (serigraphy). He was captivated by serigraphy's combination of art and lab technique and its melding of craft with experimentation. That experience rekindled his desire to deepen and refine his childhood interest in drawing and painting.

The following year, while still a teacher, he took a class in oil technique and color theory from David Haas. With the help of his sister, Mary, a watercolorist, he became a fulltime serigraph painter in 1980. He set up a printing/painting studios in Colorado and Michigan. His work is sold in galleries throughout the United States with the majority of sales in the Southwest. He enjoyed the creative experience of serigraphy for almost 20 years, but its physical demands and his need to grow in other directions led to his decision to stop printing in 1997. His time is now divided between oil painting at his studio in Colorado and marketing the last of his serigraph inventory.

"I began focusing my attention toward oil painting in 1996. My objective in this medium was to free up my style and enjoy the wide range of possibilities which oil painting offered. My painting style now has a tendency to impressionism. My ultimate goal is abstraction. The purpose of color and light in my landscapes is to captivate the eye and then release the imagination for a continued visual experience in my mind."