It was spring 1993 and I was getting ready to start my senior year at Monte Vista High School, I had the option to take art or spanish, I chose art and my life has never been the same.
Before discovering art, I enjoyed a normal childhood and art was never in the picture but when I discovered the works of Picasso, Baque, Matisse and realized that I could paint too, my life changed forever.
Besides discovering my passion, I also realized that I had a reason for waking up every morning and something to look forward to comig home to each night, my artwork
Through those early years I created art with reckless abandon, painting, drawing and discovering my own unique style and as I grew older, my work began to change a I developed new passions that were fueled by my married life and children.
Married Life 2007 To Present
After meeting my future wife in early 2007, we quickly married, got pregnant, moved, and our family was on the way. During this time I was still creating abstract expression artwork but my work began to change as I dove headfirst into illustration, children’s art and also the works of Eric Carle and other artists who illustrated the books that I read to our kids.
Married life was wonderful and soon after our first daughter arrived, another was born one year later and 4 years after that our 3rd arrived. During this time I realized that I enjoyed drawing and painting wildlife artwork thanks to my girls requests to draw them horses and any number of farm animals for their bedrooms.
My work was a combination of abstract expression and wildlife artwork but within a few more years, I started exclusively creating more wildlife paintings and drawings because I enjoyed it.
A Passion For Creating Art
Picasso was well-known for his artistic passions and longevity as an artist because he claimed to leave his ‘body outside the door’ when he was creating and I feel the same way. When I create, although I’m pushing 50, but I still feel exactly like I did when I turned 18, and with a good cup of coffee on my table, I can create artwork all night long.
If you would like to learn more about me, or my artwork, I invite you to connect with me through this website!