I started out drawing stick figures when I was a little kid, just like everybody else. When I was 12 I took a group art class. Steve Pugsley was the instructor. I remember really liking the "follow the edge of the object" drawing exercise. In high school I was the year book photographer for three years. I might have taken an art class but I can't say for sure. In college I had one art class that involved graphite, ink, and acrylic paint mediums. My classmates and instructor said I should change my major but I stayed with health sciences. 27 years later I took Drawing & Composition I at the local community college -- just to see what it was like. I was hooked and took Drawing & Composition II followed by Life Drawing. I haven't had time to take anymore classes in the last four years. I have a pretty rough work schedule now, 40-60 hours a week and I work out of town a lot, but I try and fit in portraits when ever I can. Some are commissions, some are family or acquaintances. At first, I couldn't draw for more than two hours at a time before my brain became mush. Now I can work on a drawing for up to nine hours. Time just stops, it doesn't exist when I draw. I think this is a good sign.
Current Residence: The house next to the driveway where my car is parked.
Favourite genre of music: Portugese Jazz
Operating System: Is there really anything other than a Mac?
Skin of choice: Massaged
Favourite cartoon character: Frazz, Zits, Get Fuzzy
Personal Quote: The mind needs to express itself, it's our connection with the past and our link to future.
Favourite Visual Artist
Roden, Georgia O'Keefe, Escher, Michelangelo, Robert Brawley, James Valerio
Favourite Movies
A Few Good Men, Sixth Sense, Baraka, Stranger Than Fiction, Love Actually, Escanaba in da Moonlight
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Diana Krall, Melody Gardot, Josh Groban, Madeleine Peyroux, Jim's Big Ego Band
Tools of the Trade
Film photography, white pencil on black paper, color pencil, graphite
Other Interests
Always curious, Hagen Daz "Rum Raisin" ice cream, interesting people are interesting