With a Masters in Ceramics from U.C.L.A. in 1969, Nick became a full time potter in 1972 after teaching for three years at Dunn Preparatory School in California.

Self-employed as a production potter for forty-three years; semi-retired for three, Nick now creates the pots that he always dreamed of making after college.  Nick and his wife Sandy established "Dalton Ranch Pottery" in 2008. They currently reside in the Animas Valley, north of Durango, Colorado.