Wesley has had an interest in art since he was young. He took many art classes in high school and college, but graduated from U.C. Santa Barbara with a degree in computer science. He took a stained glass class in the early 1980s from a shop owner in Goleta and discovered that stained glass was the ideal medium for his creative juices. Glass is a wonderful medium to work with because of the wide choice of color palette, glass types and textures. Magic happens when light is transmitted through or reflected off a stained glass art piece.
Wesley has had the opportunity to be trained by many master mosaic artists including Laurel True, Emma Biggs, Lynne Chinn, and Martin Cheek.