I think one of the greatest disappointments someone may have with my art is to learn I do not ‘make it up’.  Certainly I use a tremendous amount of creative concepting, gestural sketching and imaginative design in the initial phases of nearly every image I create, but the real work of what I put into my art comes from the keen observations of life and nature around me.

I do not whip up a dragon out of thin air, rather its anatomy, textures, movement, color, and character are compiled from numerous living animals – bats, large predators, lizards, salamanders, insects, etc.  Elements of these animals go into feeding my imagination the fuel it needs to cook up a creation like a dragon.  And so this goes for architecture and landscapes as well.

Take a little walk with me and see how I interpret the data of the natural world.  These voyages brings us through various landscapes, architectural masses, setting suns, natural caves, and optical abnormalities I find fascinating.  The interplay of light, shape, and texture are key to my understanding the character of forms and how I can ‘sample’ that data to utilize in my art.

In closing…

This trip did not take me more than two feet from the computer I composed this post from.
It’s not where you travel that matters, but how you see what you see on your voyage.