David Bond:  

Graduated from the College of Creative Studies, Univ of California Santa Barbara, Calif. with a BA degree in Fine Arts and Narrative Prose (Creative Writing), then with the Master of Fine Arts Degree in Drawing and Paint and minors in History of Arts and Printmaking. I became a community college Instructor, Art: Drawing, Oil Paint, Watercolor Painting, Drawing, Life Drawing, Design, Art History for many years several colleges About 15 years ago retired from teaching and moved to Illinois where I work at Lowe's Home Improvement in Building Material-Lumber and also in Outside Gardening--very hard work that I really enjoyed! I married Libby Barkan (Banning grad 1962) had two kids, Lauren and Matthew, divorced after about 8 years, and single since About the time of my divorced I "came out" as queer--a very good move for me--and have lived openly as gay since that time. I had one, long term queer relationship with a male partner that went on for about 14 years but we parted and I have lived alone, out of any relationships for about 20 years. When I retired from working at Lowe's in Illinois I moved back to California and now live with my daughter and her husband Mike and three of my grandkids in A...Expand for more