I chose to reside in Morgan County, Georgia, because the undeveloped countryside and beauty of the sparsely populated area were a great inspiration for my work. It is also very close in many ways to my native birth state of Pennsylvania. A while back I visited Pennsylvania for the first time in many years and was amazed at how little the countryside had changed in the Amish communities close to where I lived as a small child. I also realized while I was there, that those formative years shaped my desire to paint all things old - old machinery, old farm buildings, old homes.
My studio is at the end of a 4/10 mile driveway out in the woods. The photo above was taken in the morning, at the beginning of spring. Stop by and visit when you get a chance. Best to call first to be sure I'm here and not out wandering in the woods or visiting clients to pick up or deliver art.
I make my living in the field of commercial graphic art and design. About 90% of my work over the years has been in package design, though I also do logos, brochures, catalogs, ads, book covers, music album covers and have recently expanded into web site design. My motto has been "say it in print!"
On the fine art side, I enjoy working in color pencil, oils, pencil, and pen-and-ink. I've recently discovered gouache (pronounced g'wosh - hard G sound), which is an opaque watercolor. It's hard to work with but the results are just wonderful. I love the spring time here, and have lots of flowers planted around the house. I've done a series of paintings in color pencils and oils under the Copyrighted collection "Flowers I Have Known." Each flower painted is from my own garden. When they bloom I photograph them and use them for later reference, painting them at my leisure.
I also love rendering the Antebellum and Victorian architecture of North Georgia in different mediums. I also just love painting the few remaining old farms and farm implements dotting the countryside surrounding Morgan County. I realize now just how much they remind me of my childhood spent in the Pennsylvania mountains among my Amish friends.
I have won several awards with my commercial graphic and fine art work through the years, and have been an integral part of several artists' organizations where I have resided. I'm a co-founder of the Madison Artists Guild in Madison, Georgia, founded in 1985. My fine art work is part of many private and business collections in the Southeastern United States, and my package design can be seen in most large stores throughout the United States and into Canada.
Bio Gallery Graphics Photo Album