I drew constantly as a kid, set the pencils down around middle school, and didn't pick them up again until my 40s. What brought me back wasn't a plan. It was just an itch that got loud enough to answer. Since then I haven't put them down.
I spent nearly 30 years as a career firefighter in North Texas and have run a screen printing and embroidery business with my family for over a decade. Art has always lived alongside those things, not instead of them. That's probably why I'm drawn to buildings that look like they've been added onto, adapted, and lived in. Structures with a history you can read in the walls.
I work in pen, ink, and watercolor. The buildings I paint are imagined but grounded, often leaning just enough to feel human. I start with line work and let the watercolor build the character from there. The irregularities are intentional. Things that look like they grew into themselves over time are more interesting to me than things that were perfectly engineered.
My background covers a lot of ground including pencil realism, illustration, and digital work. What stays consistent is the balance between structure and looseness. I respect the rules just enough to know when bending them makes the piece better.
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