Most of my drawings are done using technical pens of varying sizes (.25-.50mm). I use only the highest quality fade-proof inks, watercolor paints and lightfast colored pencils. The drawings are created on archival-quality, acid-free Strathmore Bristol Board or, occasionally, on top-quality watercolor boards or paper.

Unlike many artists, I don't do preliminary sketches. I usually just start drawing with a pencil at the bottom left corner of the paper and sort of work my way up the drawing, zig-zagging across the paper until I get to the top. When I have the basic elements down in pencil, I go back and start doing the real drawing with my technical pens. I consider my "style" to be representational, but not quite realism.

Most of my pictures take between 15-120 hours to complete. This can make the larger ones rather expensive, but I plan to have more affordable prints and cards for sale in the near future. See Pricing/Payment.

I have been in art galleries in the past but, at least for now, I prefer to remain independent.

Millstream Arts Festival, St. Joseph MN

For my graphic design I use mostly CorelDraw. For my website design I use Macromedia Dreamweaver and a few add-on programs. For cutting vinyl I use CorelDraw, CoCut Professional and a Summa D60 cutter/plotter. I used to have a Macintosh but the computer I'm using right now is a Compaq Presario with Windows XP.

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