Born 1941 in New Jersey, of Czech and Lithuanian descent, Cajko's formal introduction to painting began at The Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, after which he was selected by the Ministry of Arts in the Netherlands to receive a five year fine arts scholarship to the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, where he received a Master of Fine Arts Degree

Having lived in remote areas like Afghanistan and Indonesia, from The Netherlands to The West Indies, his "Visual Vocabulary" reflects change and challenge, growth and dare: Hieroglyphic to Organic in nature, Realism to Abstract, Fundamental to Fantasy, 20th Century to The New Millennium.