Before I ever learned to read or write I knew I was an artist. Perhaps my mother instilled this in me. I've always used pictures to tell stories or parts of stories. I am a narrative painter. Throughout the years I've moved through drawing to painting (oil and egg tempera) to printmaking to photography to Photoshop compositing/retouching and finally to AI image making. AI provides the ultimate medium in that is allows me to incorporate everything I learned in all of the media I've ever worked in. It also taps into my knowledge of art history without which I would just be some guy who has a talent for drawing.
I earned a Bachelors of Arts in Fine Arts with a painting concentration from Indiana University. I spent two years as a part time printmaking student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I studied art anatomy for several years at Hipbone Studio in Portland, Oregon. During my 26 years as a teacher in public schools the last five I spent teaching Art to middle school students.
Here I am. I've arrived. I have something I want to show you.
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