Memory Lane and other well travelled roads

Comic books got me started as an artist at about 5 years old.

I have been working as an artist for so many years, it's hard to believe I actually remember how it started! But, I do. I remember.

I remember sitting in my grandmother's kitchen, surrounded by windows, looking out into the back yard. I remember sitting there, about 5 or 6 years old, tracing from comic books, carbon paper under the page I was tracing. I remember later setting the paper beside the comic and drawing Thor, or Spider-Man, or a multitude of other characters. I remember wonderful creative artists like Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Barry Smith, Craig Russell, Michael Golden and many others. I remember making up my own characters, honing my knowledge of anatomy and other elements of what I needed to know, and continuing on my journey to become an "artist." I remember the thrill of being published in fanzines, or my letters of comment being published in the comics themselves.

I really thought I was going to be a comic artist, but my interests veered into the amazing commercial illustration of the 1970s and 1980s. I pored through the New York Society of Illustration annuals, trying to become good enough to make it into them one day. Though I haven't made it into that particular book so far, I have been in a similar sort of annual by the name of Spectrum, which collects the best fantasy and science fiction art each year.

Until not too long ago, I had full time day jobs in the arts; in ad agencies, online gaming companies (Sony Online, where I worked on the popular game, Everquest), on military contracts (where I did a tail insignia for the Stealth Fighter, among other things), and for various other sorts of companies. All the while, I kept a freelance illustration business running in comics, role playing games and for other clients. These clients include The Savannah College of Art and Design, The American Cancer Society, the RAINN organization, Marvel Comics, Wizards of the Coast (Magic the Gathering), Bell Helmets and many more.

At right you see the first art I had published (in 1975), a Bruce Lee illustration done for a convention book and inked by comics pro, Brent Anderson.

I am always looking for new work and clients.


​Appearances!
​(Magic tournaments, comic conventions)

Magic30 Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
May 5-7These days, I take on all sorts of freelance work. Do you need a portrait? Email me! Do you need a character illustration? Email me! Do you need an altered Magic card? Email me! Do you need artwork? Email me!

To buy my art, go here, my Storenvy page! You can directly purchase originals, prints, Magic items such as playmats and tokens, and more!

Note: For every image you see on this site, there are 50 more. I have tried to include only the best. If you know of an image that is not here you would like to see or buy, just send me a message.

Also: I do not have a shopping cart set up here yet, so if you want to purchase original art, order things like magic playmats, etc, just send me an email or go to the Storenvy link shown above!

Interviews: Here is a link to a long interview I did recently (November 2017)

a newer one here.



​Appearances:

SCGCon
Charlotte, NC
Mar 3-5
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Midwest Gaming Classic
Milwaukee, WI
Mar 30-Apr 2

​DreamHack San Diego
San Diego, CA
Apr 7-9

Magic30 Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
May 5-7