[4] He served in World War II in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Photo Reconnaissance Unit for Military Intelligence.

The couple moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where Hines worked as chief commercial artist at G. Fox & Co. a large department store.

[4] Hines began his creative career as a commercial artist, moving to three-dimensional artworks during the 1960s, creating works formed by "embedding numerous found objects into a series of diorama-like wall hangings featuring historical figures dutifully wrapped in tin foil and various fabrics.

"[5][4] He also wrapped at least ten buildings within New York City including parts of JFK Airport and the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

In the mid- to late 1980s he worked on an Urban Icons series, which explored the relationship of sexual symbolism and a world increasingly filled with technology.

He continued to work into his 90s, creating large pastels in his Mutagenesis Series in which "biomorphic forms are overlaid by a grid pattern" titled Cages (2007–2011) and Organisms (2012–2016)[4] Hines had a stroke in 2014 and died in 2016.

[2] Since many of the canvases featured illustrations of automobile parts, the owner contacted Jared Whipple, a car mechanic and good friend from Waterbury, Connecticut.