Biography
| 1945 |
Born in Flint, Michigan |
| 1963-65 |
Attended American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL |
| 1982-84 |
Attended School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1992-93 |
Faculty, Ray College of Design |
| 1993 |
The Master Program of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM—studies with Wolf Kahn |
| 1995 |
Returns to Santa Fe to paint with Wolf Kahn at his invitation |
| 1998 |
Included in The Artist and the American Landscape: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting by John Driscoll, Director of the Babcock Gallery |
| 2001 |
Two large scale paintings for the Grand Foyer of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, University of Wisonsin–Green Bay |
| 2005 |
Featured artist in premier issue of American Art Collector Magazine |
| 2008 |
Translated Landscapes retrospective at the Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| 2009 |
Included in Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice, by Mitchell Albala |

Veil Of Yellow, oil on linen, 36" x 52"
All images © Rodger Bechtold 2010