Ron Dias won a national contest for his design of the U.S. Postage Stamp “CHILDREN’S FRIENDSHIP” in 1956 and went on to train at the Honolulu Academy of Art and the Famous Artists Schools in Westport, Connecticut. At the age of 6, his desire to become an illustrator was peaked when he saw for the first time “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. In 1956, Ron became an animator for Disney Studios where he started as an inbetweener and clean-up animator on “Sleeping Beauty”. He eventually became an animation artist, art director and color stylist for numerous Disney animations. Ron is currently working on fine art paintings in the Big Sur area of California.