Donald Doak:  

Lets just say that from 1960 to 1978 I did just about everything and partied way too much from the Beatnicks in San Francisco to living in a Hippy commune in Dallas a few blocks from Lee Park to riding with outlaw bikers in colorado(2% ers). Slept in many abandoned cars, under a few bridges and many empty fields. My motto was always "everything in excess". Then in 1978 I went to Europe on a lark with my two sons and my whole world changed. I began working as a photojournalist for "Biker lifestyle" " "outlaw Biker" "motor Rader" and finally "Easy rider' magazines. I discovered I had a good eye for art and design and spent most of my extra time in art museums from Paris to Venice and all parts in between. My favorite city was Amsterdam in the "Old Dam area " where my favorite bar was called "The Other Place" which also happened to be the Hells Angels Club bar. I absolutly loved that city and everything in it. I also loved western Europe. From the first day I arrived there I felt like I belonged.I had never really felt like that in my life. I rode my Harley all over Europe covering different motorclcle events and Rally's each week. I went from Egypt to Oslo Norway and from England to Berlin.. I returned to the U.S seven years later, sold my Harley, burned all my biker gear and crap. Took my two sons and on the toss of a coin I moved to Michigan and enrolled at the Univ. of Mich. majoring in art. My first day in class was my oldest son's first day in college three hundred miles away. I don't know who was more scared that day. That was also the day I met my wife although we dated for six years before we got married. After my first disasterous marriage I was a little gun shy but peggy turned out to be the light of my life. Without her none of my sucess would have happened but thats another story At this time I began making stained glass music boxes for the loc...Expand for more