My work revolves around the fantasy genre. I am very passionate about painting, especially the figure. I run a weekly figure drawing session from my studio in Chicago, where I focus on drawing, form, and speed. I am inspired by the great illustrators of today and the masters of our past. Thankfully those same masters shared the same delight in painting fantastic scenes out of our myths and legends. As much as I like to work with oils on panel I am just as intrigued by the digital mediums, much like the world was fascinated with the dawn of photography.
I co-host on the Awesome Horse Studios livestreams where we organize live demos, critiques, and industry discussion. The other four horsemen are Noah Bradley, Cynthia Sheppard, and Marc Scheff.
I’m also a runner, albeit not as intense as I used to be, but I still get out and run. I’ve completed many marathons, dozens of triathlons, 1 half Iron Man, a few adventure races, and piling miles on my bike doing century rides. If that’s not enough to keep my wife, Laurie, and I busy our dogs and cats sure fill in the gaps.
Some of my clients include:
- Wizards of the Coast
- Fantasy Flight Games
- Sony Online Entertaiment
- Catalyst Games
- Posthuman Studios
- Cubicle 7
- Alderac Entertainment Group
- Mercury Retrograde Press
- Intrigue Press
- Talent Sciences
- Arcane Tinmen
- Kobold Quarterly
- Open Design
- Komatsu
- Land-O-Lakes
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Chicago Endurance Sports
- John Bingham Racing
I’m proud to have been honored with these achievements:
- Juror’s Choice Award – GenCon 2010
- Illie Nominee – Illuxcon 2010
- Feature in Imagine FX Magazine
- Spectrum Annual 17, 18
- BlueCanvas 9
