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b. 1945
Raised in eastern Montana and Spokane,
Washington through high school.
Graduated Rice University 1967.
Brief stint in NYC training and working as a stock
broker. Disillusioned, but did like the suits.
Founded Winn Art Group in 1976.
Sold to Devon Art Group in 1988 forming Winn
Devon Art Group.
Grand Image, Ltd. established in 1998.
Significant facts:
• Married to wife, Susan for 32 years.
• Five children and seven grandchildren.
• Likes basketball, literature and interior design.
• Dislikes bad shoes and smudged glass.
• New challenge – tennis.
• Life challenging moment – liver transplant 1/01.
• Words to live by, “This above all: to thine own
.. self be true.”
An expert on his own opinion.
I always feel a bit uneasy when people ask me
what I do for a living. My standard answer is “I
am in the art business”. The reason for my
awkwardness is that most people, when they
hear the word “art”, think of “Art” with a capital
“A": as if it should be spoken in some great,
almost religious reference. Art with a capital A
makes me uneasy. After almost three decades
of immersing myself in the “art business”, working
with thousands of art dealers, hundreds of artists,
reading (more often browsing – I like the
pictures) scores of art books and art catalogs,
attending museums and auctions as well as a
myriad of art related activities, I have come to
a simple premise - don’t believe the hype.
Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely, positively
head over heals in love with the notion of art,
design and beauty. It is what makes me happy.
But the thought that there is some official
Manifesto of Good Art just doesn’t exist. What I
do believe is that once one takes the challenge
to acquaint oneself more with art imagery, in
whatever package it comes, their taste will
change, and usually for the better. When I say
usually for the better, I mean that in the sense
that the more informed a person becomes in
art and design, the more specific their taste
becomes. Whether considered good or bad, it
will be distinctively theirs, consequently unique
to them and separate from the mainstream.
At Grand Image, our goal is that there is always
substance and thought behind any of our
offerings. Whether it is the stroke of the brush,
color choices or just the design and composition
of the painting, my hope is that my 30 years of
image education leaves our customer with a
better product.
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