Garry Pound attended Sewanee, the University of the South, where he graduated with honors in 1977 with a degree in arts and religion. He spent a year at Indiana State University working on his Masters in Art, then he went to Ohio University where he was awarded the Siegfried Scholarship for overall achievement in graduate studies. He taught classes in art appreciation and critical analysis, receiving his doctorate in Comparative Arts, a cultural history degree, in 1985.​Dr. Pound returned to Columbus, where he turned his love for the arts into a successful career. Working as a professional artist, well known for his portraits and illustrations, he has a strong interest in the human figure as well as landscapes.​His work has been described as eloquent, magnetic and with a breathtaking sensitivity to the nuances of the human form.