about me

lived in High Point housing project. Later they moved to 

Wallingford, a neighborhood farther north with far fewer

 

kids. Being a lonely kid, I began to invent and draw my own

imaginary friends. It was an activity that kept me from 

feeling alone and yet wonderfully alone. As I grew older 

and accumulated real friends, I began to draw them as 

well. I've always centered my imagery on people or 

animals possibly for that reason.

Like most artists at an early age I fell in love with the Impressionists. Not only did I 

love what they did, but I loved the romance of their life styles. I had dreams of moving 

to a tropical island and spending my days painting native women, like Paul Gaugin. 

Getting married and having a family at the age of eighteen changed all that. I spent 

the next six years working blue collar and and providing for my family. All the while 

taking full advantage the intermittent layoffs to draw and paint.

I finally got the chance to go to art school and 

eventually was able to start a career as an illustrator. 

I did commercial work and editorial work for 

magazines such as The New Yorker 

and Guitar World. It was close to doing exactly 

what I wanted and fun, but still my the impetus 

was not my own. With illustration you're 

commissioned to do a picture in a style that 

you are known for. And often you are working 

from an art director's sketch. You are primarily

 asked to bring your known style and not much 

else. Editorial assignments usually give you a