Monte Lee Thornton currently lives and works in South Sound after a period of five years on Cayman Brac. He taught different art courses in drawing and painting for the National Gallery. He currently works at Cayman Further Education Centre in the training of Students in Construction and Hospitality Industries. Current paintings series of seascapes are at the Ritz Carlton Gallery. Education has MBA in Marketing and BFA in Visual Communication with Honor societies in Business, Technology and Marketing. Started Underwater Photography in 1977 in Hawaii with a Kodak 110 Instamatic Iklite camera system. Started photographing Sharks and Humpback Whales with Minolta XG1 in Ikelite Housing. From 1986 to 2004 he lead tours of students for scuba diving the reefs of Cayman as his favorite. Even his door welcome sign stated Thornton’s Home Away from the Cayman Islands. Usually he tries to dive every weekend with his son who is in the Special Olympics as a swimmer along with his wife Irene, who’s father was a seaman from Cayman Brac. Is an active Master Instructor in Scuba Diving and teaches 29 different courses. Monte Lee Thornton, BFA, MBA. Born 1957 Fort Worth Texas