Following is a more comprehensive chronology of his life.

1942-46	Drafted into the army: serves four years, three in Europe.
1946	Student at the St. Paul Gallery and School of Art with Clement Haupers.
1946-50	Student at the School of Art Institute of Chicago; studies with Boris Anisfeld: studies liberal arts at University of Illinois and De Paul University, Chicago.
1950-60	Member of the Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; teaches figure drawing and fashion drawing.
1952	Exhibits in Twin City Show at Minneapolis Institute of Arts; wins Chicago Art Directors Award.
1953	Begins using enamel house paints; develops interest in drawing horse racing at Arlington Park; wins First Prize for painting, "Idle Boats", a purchase prize, at Twin City Show, Minneapolis Institute of Art.
1954	Begins association with Playboy magazine illustrating Charles Beaumont story which wins Chicago Art Directors Award; exhibits for first time in "Chicago Artists and Vicinity Show", where he continues to show for next six years; wins Second Prize, Minnesota State Show; exhibits at Philadelphia Art Alliance.
1955	Instructor of Painting at Elmwood Park Art League and North Shore Art League: exhibits at the "Carnegic Pittsburgh International Exhibition of ContemporaryPainting", creates the "Femlin" symbolic character which appears in Playboy for next 45 years; wins New York Art Directors Award.
1956	Included in "New Talent in America in 1956", published by Art in America, February 1956; delves deeper into Chicago sports scene, draws Chicago Bears, Blackhawks and boxing.
1957	Exhibits in Corcoran Gallery of Art "American 25th Biennial Exhibition", Washington, D.C.; awarded most popular prize out of 3,000 entries as well as the juried Clark Memorial Prize at "Chicago Artists and Vicinity Show"; first television appearance on Art Institute of Chicago TV Show, Artists Choice; painting instructor at School of the Art Institute of Chicago Summer Session and two years at Ox-Bow Summer School, Saugatuck, Michigan; marries art student Janet Byrne.
1958	Exhibits at the "Society of Contemporary American Art Exhibition", Art Institute of Chicago, for three years; begins extensive travels for Playboy magazine, creating a feature on the high life called "Man at His Leisure", which appears regularly for the next 15 years; wins Municipal Art Award at "Chicago Artist and Vicinity Show", and Hamilton & Graham Cash Prize, Ball State Teachers College Drawing Show, Muncie, Indiana.
1959	Holds one-man show of racing scenes at Arlington Park Race Track, Chicago, shows in " Jess Exhibition" and "Social Observation and Comment in Art Show" in Chicago.
1960	Paints at Squaw Valley Winter Olympics Games; travels six months through Europe covering sporting and social events, the Grand National Steeplechase, Epsom Derby, Ascot, and the Oxford-Cambridge boat race in England, Maxim's Tour d'Argent the Lido and Folies Bergere in Paris, the Cannes Film Festival and St. Tropez, Fiesta de San Isidro bullfights in Madrid , the Grand de Monaco auto race.
1960-70	Executes more than one hundred paintings and two morals for eighteen Playboy Clubs.
1961	Takes studio in Paris; does studies of Deauville social season and sketches the great restaurants of France; sketches Dublin Horse Show and cricket at Lord's in London; wins Gold Medal for oil painting at the Salon d' Art Monerne, Paris.
1962	Sketches Bordeaux wine country, Paris fashion shows, racing at Longohamp, and Giraglia Yacht Race on Riveria; paints Regatta of the Gondoliers in Venice; does studies of Fellini directing "8 1/2 and sketches at Cine Citta Slm studios in Rome; visits U.S. to work commission for 12 paintings of the Indianapolis 500.
1963	Returns from Paris; establishes a studio in New York; teaches painting at Arts and Crafts, Inc.; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; holds 1st one-man exhibition in New York at Hammer Galleries. travels in Mexico City and Acapulco.
1964	Starts series of Muhammad Ali sketches and paintings which span the next 15 years; sketches America's Cup Challenge at Newport, RI; returns to England to sketch London nightlife and Prince Phillip playing polo at Windsor; paints the Tour de France in Paris.
1965	Commemorates Sugar Ray Robinson with 8' x 6' portrait "Farewell to Boxing" unveiled at Madison Square Garden ceremony; does portraits of Mac West and poet Marianne Moore.
1966	Sketches Kentucky Derby; in London paints personalities and scenes including the Beatles and Carnaby Street, Kenneth Tynan, Sir Ralph Richardson and theatre; paints surfing in California; executes mural for Swedish-Lloyd ship, S.S.Patricia: creates art for film "Casino Royale"; sketches indoor polo for opening of Houston Astrodome.
1967	Sketches and paints leading figures in the arts, sports and entertainment world, including Leonard Bertstein, Joe Louis, Frank Sinatra, Brigitte Bardot and ballerina Suzanne Farrell: paints LeMans auto race in France, nudist beaches on the Dalmatian coast, the fiesta at Pamplona, the dolce vita of Rome.
1968	Paints the Kirov and Bolshoi ballets in Russia; is named artist-in-residence from the bench of the New York Jets football team; executes critical sketches of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, paints Bobby Hull for Time magazine cover, contributes drawings for Harpers magazine articles on Cassius Clay and on Bobby Kennedy and race relations; initiates art class for Atlanta Poverty Program.
1969	Sketches civil rights figures and teaches art at Atlanta Poverty Program; creates poster for Kurt Weill off Broadway show and program cover for "Oh" Calcutta sketches New York City Ballet; appears regularly on TV as Jets artist-in-residence; collaborates with Dave Anderson on book, Countdown to Superbowl; covers horse racing at Ascot and Longchamp, camel racing in Morocco.
1970	Paints backdrop for Broadway play "Borstal Boy" and album cover for Fifth Dimensions; exhibits in the Time magazine "Covers Show" at that National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; sketches sporting and social events in Dublin, and holds one-man show at Abbey Theatre, travels with Hugh Hefner in Europe and Africa; sketches wildlife on safari; creates poster for Ali-Quarry fight, Ali's return to the ring in Atlanta; paints $100,000 baseball players for book, This Great Game; paints New York Stock Exchange.
1971	Has one-man exhibition at Museo de Bellas Artes Caracas; travels to Monte Carlo, London, Paris, and Switzerland; produces etchings and lithographs in Zurich and begins publication of limited edition serigraphs; creates official poster and program, and draws pre-fight sketches of Ali-Frazier Super Fight 1 at Madison Square Garden for The New York Times Magazine cover and post-fight sketches for ABC-TV; illustrates Jose Torres' book on Ali, Sting Like a Bee.
1972	Covers Fischer-Spassky world champion chess tournament at Reykjavik, Iceland and Munich Olympic Games, both on camera for ABC-TV; covers World series for NBC-TV; creates serigraph of Knicks-Lakers championship game; paints Superbowl for Time magazine cover; and cover for Golf Digest.
1973	Creates Superbowl art for NBC-TV; sketches the Masters Golf Tournament for Golf Digest magazine; paints commission for Museum of Jazz; creates serigraph of Triple Crown winner Secretariat; sketches Foreman-Frazier fight in Jamaica; travels on multi-city tour and exhibit of Olympic serigraphs chosen by the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersberg, for its permanent collection.
1974	Has exhibition in Tokyo sketches sumo, baseball and horse racing for Japanese TV; covers Stanley Cup hockey playoffs for NBC-TV; creates poster for Newport Jazz Festival and for next 5 years; creates poster for Ali-Foreman fight in Kinshasa, Zaire, and for Frank Sinatra concert at Carnegie Hall; Art and Lifestyle is published.
1975	Creates official St. Paul Bicentennial poster; given major retrospective at the Minnesota Museum of Art; creates official program cover for World Series; creates poster for Frazier III match and paints cockfights at La Paloma in Manils; creates first of four annual posters for Robert F. Kennedy Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament; The Artist's Limited Edition of Moby Dick is published.
1976	Paints mural on camera as ABC-TV Official Artist at Olympic Games, Montreal; paints on French Riviera; holds one-man show at Knoedler Gallery in London; exhibits in national invitational "Watercolor USA Show" at Springfield Art Museum, Missouri and "Drawings USA Show" at the Minnesota Museum of Art: paints Harlem scene for Jazzmobile poster; paints Chris Evert for Saturday Evening Post cover.
1977	Holds one-man shows in Stockholm and Helsinki, works in Paris; paints NBA All-Star game; creates poster for Lacrosse USA.
1978	Performs first live execution of computer art for CBS-TV coverage of Superbowl, New Orleans: creates poster for Bill Bradley's senatorial campaign; creates poster for Ali Spinks II match in New Orleans.
1979	Appointed Grand Marshal with Jesse Owens at the Drake Relays in Des Moines; paints the Ginza; Kamakura Budda, Mount Fuji in Japan, Royal Ascot in London, and PanAm Games in Puerto Rico for CBS-TV; Horses is published.
1980	Appointed Official Artist of the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games; and Official Artist of the Democratic National Convention, New York; paints commission for Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas; sketches Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro; presents painting commemorating signing of Arab-Israeli peace treaty at Camp David to President Carter at the White House; Posters is published.
1981	Holds two-man exhibition with Andy Warhol at Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, California executes 24' x 16' portrait of Sylvester Stallone for "Rocky" films; creates art for "Rocky" II, and appears as ring announcer in "Rocky" III, IV, and V; Carnaval is published.
1982	Has one-man exhibition at Harrod's, and paints the stock exchange in London: creates poster for Kool Jazz Festival; paints and exhibits in Tokyo.
1983	Has one-man exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Orleans; executes billboard, television commercial and program for Lido show at the Tropicana, Las Vegas, Winnery is published
1984	Appointed Official Artist, Winter Olympics, Sarajevo, and Summer Olympics, Los Angeles.
1985	Returns to paint Gavea Golf and Country Club in Rio de Janeiro and stock exchange in Sao Paulo named Honorary Marshal at St. Paul Winter Carnival; Japanese version of Winners published.
1986	Appointed Official Artist, Goodwill Games in Moscow for Turner Broadcasting Network; paints America's Cup commission for the New York Yacht Club.
1987	Paints and makes video documentaries of Old St. Andrews in Scotland and the Riviera in France; paints Indianapolis 500 auto race commission; presents "Minute Man" poster to President Reagan at the White House.
1988	Holds one-man exhibitions in Japan and Moscow; executes mural for Golden Nugget, Las Vegas; paints commission for the Carribbean Classic at Caljente Racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico: paints and makes video documentary of Napoleon at Waterloo; Monte Carlo Chase is published.
1989	Paints Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli and Sammy Davis Jr. at Royal Albert Hall, London: sketches the World Series at Candlestick Park in San Francisco during earthquake: does sketches, paintings and video documentary of New York's Central Park, and holds exhibition at the boathouse in the park.
1990	Executes commemorative painting for 100th anniversary of Los Angeles Dodgers; holds one-man exhibition for inaugural Grand Prix auto race in Denver; paints the Masters Golf Tournament to Augusta, Georgia; travels and sketches in Rome; Paris and Hong Kong.
1991	Executes paintings for 25th anniversary of Spectrum Stadium, Philadelphia, 10th anniversary of Miami Grand Prix, and the Joe Morgan, and Jim Palmer for Baseball Hall of Fame induction's; travels to Japan to paint geishas, the Ginza and golf, creates Michael Jordan serigraph and poster works on sketchbooks and paintings in Paris and Berlin.
1992	Paints Tom Seaver for Baseball Hall of Fame induction; paints suite of four famous golf courses in conjunction with publication of Big-Time Golf; works on sketchbooks and paintings in Venice, Milan and Rome; honored by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as an outstanding alumnus.
1993	Paints Reggie Jackson for Baseball Hall of Fame induction, Larry Bird for Boston Garden, and Iroquois Steeplechase, Nashville; creates poster for CBS-TV film "Call of the Wild" holds one-man exhibition at the Kentucky Derby Museum; paints Frank Sinatra for cover of "Duets" music release.
1994	Paints Pebble Beach Golf Clubhouse, creates poster for CBS-TV film "The Yearling"; attends and paints Superbowl XXVIII in Atlanta; paints in Monte Carlo and Venice; goes on painting safari in Kenya; sketches Liciano Pavarotti at Metropolitan Opera: paints Frank Sinatra for "Ducts II"; An American in Paris is published.
1995	Paints Babe Ruth for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Shinnecock Golf Course, U.S. Open, and Rockefeller Center; creates 40 foot mural on Broadway theatre for Tommy Tune's musical, "Busker Alley"; given 30-year retrospective exhibition at the Kennedy Derby Museum