About Me
My Background
When I was a boy, my favorite time of day at school was when I was allowed to draw and paint. As I got older, this love never faded and eventually I went to college to study at The Art Students League of New York and The American Academy of Art in Chicago. After college I moved to Los Angeles and began a 32 year career in the Animation In
When I was a boy, my favorite time of day at school was when I was allowed to draw and paint. As I got older, this love never faded and eventually I went to college to study at The Art Students League of New York and The American Academy of Art in Chicago. After college I moved to Los Angeles and began a 32 year career in the Animation Industry. I painted on such films as Beauty And The Beast for Disney and Kung Fu Panda for Dreamworks among other Oscar nominated films.
(That is not my Oscar I’m holding.)
My Mediums
Although I've been trained in several mediums, I believe that working in pastels and digital paint are the keys to my artistic process. Each idea manifests in its own individual style.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
I enjoy taking my own reference pictures, using my imagination and working from live models to create images. I’m inspired mostly by nature and its ability to create a story as well as using color to illustrate this.