Colorado native Chuck Danford is a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art, who has been painting professionally since 1998. His work can be found in private collections and regional galleries. He started his career with stints as art director at a Denver television station and a designer for the Denver Research Institute at the University of Denver. In 1967, he co-founded Unit One, a graphic design studio. His work can be viewed at www.charlesdunford.com. To describe his mask, he invokes the words of Albert Einstein: Our task must be to . . . embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.