Guy Salvato had earned a B.S. in Advertising Design from the University of Cincinnati and studied drawing and watercolor under Robert Fabe, Louis Rockwood and Reginald Grooms. For 35 years, Guy and his partner, Fred Coe, ran a successful design studio, gaining international recognition as one of the finest firms in the U.S. His golf landscape paintings have been featured in The Academy of Golf and Golf Style: Homes and Collections Inspired by the Course and the Clubhouse.