Dennis Ziemienski, a native San Franciscan, graduated cum laude from the California College of Arts and Crafts. An internationally known illustrator and designer for 30 years and a member of New York Society of Illustrators, his paintings have been in various one-man and group exhibitions and have won numerous awards. Dennis has taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts and the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He has had studios in California and New York. Traveling to Europe frequently, Dennis has acquired an affinity for the architecture, lifestyle and light of the Mediterranean.