He had a successful career as an illustrator of works that ranged in style and subject matter from dark tonalist in oils to humorous in wash and watercolor.
For many years he illustrated the Alexander Botts and Assistant District Attorney Doowinkle stories for the Saturday Evening Post.
He later moved to the Manhattan suburb of New Rochelle, a well known artist colony and home to many of the top commercial illustrators of the day including friend Norman Rockwell.
[4][5] At the time more than fifty percent of the illustrations in the country’s leading publications were done by artists from New Rochelle.
[6] He spent his professional career in White Plains, where he painted a mural for the Federal Building.