Carl J Bandy was born in San Antonio, Texas. Growing up as a 'military brat', he was able to experience the cultures of France, Germany, Japan,Libya, Canada and Mexico, as well as all of the Continental United States. He moved to Colorado in 1971, started an 18 year career in commercial art, met and married his 'forever' wife Arlene in 1999. They lived in Woodland Park, Colorado until 2017 when they moved to Loveland, Colorado.He has studied under painters Joseph Bohler and Tom Owen and sculptors Charles Hilgar and Immegaard Knoth. He was President of the Commonwheel...more