Gerald BoltzGerald Austin Boltzis an artist, writer, and cartoonist currently living in the Northern California delta. Born in Southern Missouri in 1940, he grew up in Kansas City. Newly married with a small son, he moved to San Francisco in 1966 to attend The Aademy of Art University, from 1969 to 1971, majoring in fine art and design. He won four consecutive scholarships for semester tuition in painting excellence. After college, he exhibited widely around the bay area and was well on his way to becoming a prominent painter in the surrealist movement, however, periodic starving held no appeal, so he joined the carpenters union local 22 in San Francisco specializing in finish work and cabinet making. He worked in Hollywood for a few years, doing set construction, special effects model making and sculpture for the movies. Cartoon publishing credits include The Saturday Evening Post, Hustler and Men's Action Magazine. Now retired, financial circumstances have limited his ambitions to keep painting, so he's turned to writing to keep creatively active. He is the author of four mystery/ thrillers to date and is nearly finished with a fifth.. Artwork can be seen at ArtPal.com/Gboltz. Enquires are welcome gboltz91@gmail.com Read More Read Less