Graphite Portrait Artist
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I was first introduced to drawing by my father. I would watch him as he drew exact replicas of the cartoons I loved to watch on TV and from the Funny Papers on Sunday mornings. He even drew the original Pink Power Ranger on my 8th birthday cake in frosting! When I saw what my dad could do I was excited to try drawing for myself. I started drawing Disney cartoons and eventually moved to Anime characters. My love for rendering images has grown over the last 25 years and it's the reason I'm passionate about drawing photo-realistic portraits today.
Graphite is my chosen medium. Pencils were much easier for me to use as a child than paints or clay, so I grew accustom to how they worked and learned to manipulate them to do what I wanted. I have a tendency to look beyond the colors of this world and focus on the values that light and shadows portray on everything I see. Currently my work focuses on portraits and the human form. Even though we all have the same facial features, we are all uniquely different. Because of this I am always learning and growing in my observation skills to develop my ability to portray to people as they are. Our uniqueness is what makes this world such an interesting place to live. |