Fine art has been my passion for many years. Portraiture especially intrigues me. I remember being captivated by portraits I saw in museums as a child, and later I realized I wanted to learn to do them. I began copying the drawings of masters and sketching from life.

When I graduated from Colorado College in 1981, none of the art professors I talked with could direct me to an institution where I could learn traditional drawing and painting techniques. After seeing my drawings, they said I was doing more fine art than I would get to do in any of the art programs they knew of.

Fortunately, young artists today have many great places to learn traditional fine art. And we are all blessed to have a new generation of truly great representational artists.

Portraiture inspires me because great portraits, which truly capture people, and are created with traditional methods and materials, will last for generations. Many of the oil portraits that inspired me are upwards of 500 years old. These paintings bring to life people of another time in a way that nothing else can.

I study and consult with the leading experts to insure that my paintings have every chance of lasting at least as long as those of the past masters. My goal is to inspire as I have been inspired by great works.