Fantasy art was always of interest to me. Growing up in southern Louisiana wasn’t exactly an experience at the height of artistic culture so inspiration came more from the local landscape. My influences became the water and glistening highlights on the river bottom as I would wade down the river fishing. In elementary school at recess I would find a tree to sit under and draw spaceships and creatures while all my classmates where playing on the playground. When I saw Frank Frazetta’s artwork for the first time, I knew I wanted to do fantasy art. Then Star Wars came to the theater. I drew spaceships for a long time after that. Here is a photo of me painting a wall mural in a friend’s room.

During the late 70s airbrush t-shirts were really big. I picked up the airbrush and started painting t-shirts, motorcycle gas tanks, helmets, wall murals and even a tractor. Hey, at that age, I was looking for any canvas to paint on. That little airbrush helped me pay my way through art school. Later in my career as an artist, I had the honor of being on the Airbrush Action Magazine staff, traveling around the country teaching airbrush workshops with the best airbrush artists in the industry.

I went to college first at Louisiana Tech University, and later transferred to East Texas State University, where I met Sherri, my wife. It was art school where I gave my life over to Jesus Christ and began a relationship with God. This step of faith has made all the difference in my life. As each year goes by, I see more and more how God has ordered my steps and blessed me beyond my wildest dreams. My art of faith can be seen in the Faith Gallery. In college I was blessed to have had classes with some of the best artists who were working professionals in the illustration business; men such as Bart Forbes, Don Ivan Punchatz, Jack Unruh and Mike Presley. These guys were mentors who shared lots of experiences and artistic knowledge.

After college, I opened Green Acres Studio, a full service illustration studio. I produced illustrations for a wide variety of clients such as American Airlines, Disney, Warner Brothers, Texas Instruments, Bell Helicopter, Frito- Lay, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, IBM, Focus on the Family, Xerox, Bic Pens, Mead paper, etc.

In the late 90s I began creating art for video games while working for DreamWorks Interactive in Los Angeles CA. Eventually the beauty of the west coast brought us up to Seattle, WA. As I fly fish for trout in the beautiful Washington rivers, I enjoy the light glistening on the water and the peaceful sound of a running stream. The two areas of original art inspiration (fantasy art and fishing) finally had come together.  My influences as an artist had come around full circle. Check out the fish gallery and the sketchbook gallery to see some of these paintings and drawings.
I live in the Seattle area with my wife and best friend of 20 years, Sherri, and our 4 cats. When I’m not creating art for games and painting fantasy art, I work on my 1917 Craftsman house and garden, and of course go fishing.