I love being an artist. During the many years of effort to achieve excellence in my art as well as my relationships with my clients I have bridged a gap that has been a challenge for many artists that I have met. My number one job is to make you look like a genius for hiring me. End of story.

These remarkable little fish are a delight to photograph and draw.

The BEARS were inspired by the opportunity to create a new vision of the black bear for the Gatlinburg area. We have a store there and I just would not follow the standard route and present the bears like everyone else.

The Iris has always been one of my favorites, along with the Rose and the Lily. I have taken hundreds of photos of dozens of different flowers and will be happy to create images based on those or new images.

My abstracts paintings are the outgrowth of my entire school experience where I would doodle during class. These certainly have taken doodling to an extreme level but, just like a doodle, they are all spontaneous creations. These are what I create for relaxation.

After winning my first city wide portrait competition in second grade I knew that I would pursue this till the end. The photos I take are always based on a friendly interview where I get to know the person whose likeness is going to be an extension about who they are and who they are striving to become.

I like landscapes and have created them for my own enjoyment and for many clients. I find they are an indispensable part of many of my pieces of art, especially portraits.

Various studies and tributes to the masters of the brush.

This series has the singular responsibility to challenge men and women to contemplate higher realities about a creatures potential relationship with others as well as their creator. I have no axe to grind promoting any denomination or religion, as all my followers worldwide know. I simply see a magnificent universe and wish to understand in on a spiritual level as well as studying it from a scientific level.