Career
In 1900, his employer, Fireman"s Fund Insurance Company, transferred him from San Francisco to Hawaii. In Hawaii, he worked as an insurance adjuster and was secretary of the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Territory of Hawaii. Although without formal art training, he painted Hawaiian landscapes and opened an art and antiques store in Honolulu.
In 1916, he retired from the Board of Fire Underwriters and moved to Kauai, where he continued to paint.
His painting Moonlight on Ocean (Kauai), c. 1918, is in the collection of the Hawaii State Art Museum.
