Brian J FournierAbout the Poet/ArtistBrian Fournier was born in Gardner Massachusetts, and spent his early years in Athol. He went to Athol schools, graduating in 1966 from Athol High School.He spent four years, including three overseas, in the United States Air Fore as a military policeman. When discharged from the military, he attended Mount Wachusett Community College and received an associate of science degree in general studies. Later, he matriculated to Fitchburg State College and received his bachelor of arts degree in English/professional writing. He pursued a masters degree but never finished.Brian also spent several years under the tutelage of artist Joyce Dorow learning the art of oil painting.During past thirty-five years, he's gained proficiency in several art mediums, includingpencil drawing, pastel pencils, color pencils, pen and ink, colored inks. and watercolors. He also maintains his practice of writing poems and short stories.His award-winning poetry and art, including from Keene, New Hampshire, Art in the Park, has been published in anthologies..In other environments, Brian worked for twenty-two years at the L. S. Starrett Company, Athol, in sales, sales engineering, and the special order department for design and build measuring instruments. He also worked in and helped develop the thread-gage order entry process.Brian also spent sixteen years with the Rodney Hunt Companyof Orange helping develop and refine the order entry process.He applied writing-for-business skills to define product and catalog descriptions for both companies. At Starrett, he trained sales department employees in matters of product knowledge and customer service. At Rodney Hunt he trained sales engineers in the order entry process.He lives in Orange with his wife, Marlene. Read More Read Less