Dan Mitchell, Featured Artist of the Month
I graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of and a master’s degree in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. Peggy and I married in 1974 and raised two boys (now 44 and 42 years old). After graduating from Washington University, I joined a local architectural firm. I became a shareholder in the company, which eventually changed its name to Mackey Mitchell Architects, a national firm with many university clients.
While I took freehand sketching and drawing classes during my education, once my career began, I focused my energies on client relationships and contributing to the advancement of the practice. After a 40+ year career with the firm, I semi-retired in 2014 and fully retired in 2018.
As a child, I was fascinated with Lincoln Logs and would spend hours constructing miniature structures. Only after retirement, when my wife Peggy and I purchased a 40-acre lot in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado, was I able to merge my childhood passion and my profession, designing a log home. Working with a log home crafter in Colorado was a great experience, and Peggy and I would travel back and forth between St. Louis and Colorado to enjoy the property and home with family and friends. We moved full time to Colorado when I semi-retired in 2014. read more