BJ has had the great good fortune to have lived in five countries where he has worked as a farm labourer, sewer-pipe manufacturer, draughtsman, upholsterer’s helper, bar cashier, youth club janitor, singer-songwriter, hill farmer, shepherd’s assistant, pig-boy, building labourer, postman, actor, script writer, silversmith, potter, painter, illustrator, teacher, college professor, textile designer, and priest.
He is a second dan in Iaidobattojutsu, and a 7th dan banjo-player. He speaks Mid-Atlantic English, conversational German, useful Esperanto and a smattering of French and Welsh. He holds a BA in Ceramics and two MFA’s in Illustration and has performed on stages as varied as the Royal Albert Hall in London and the Historic Everett Theater in Everett, as well as the Public Bar in the Red Lion in Drefach-Felindre, Wales.
He has slept on the Streets of Paris, the battlements of the Königstein castle in Germany, derelict buildings in Switzerland, and on countless friends’ couches and many comfy beds. He has taught pottery, sculpture, jewelry, figure drawing, graphic design, 3-D design, color theory, Art History, composition, character design and communication theory to over two thousand art students, and a handful of six- through ten- year-olds. He has flown in the Zeppelin NT twice, and is looking forward to cruising in a rigid airship as soon as possible.
