My Gallery
Browse original pencil drawings, ink illustrations, and limited edition prints—each piece handcrafted without digital shortcuts. Every artwork here comes with its story, just as my mentors taught me.
The Water Bearer
I painted this scene with acrylic on a 33" x 47" hardboard when I was 21 years old back in 1976. It is entitled "The Water Bearer." It has never been shown to the public until now. At that time the works of Vincent van Gogh heavily influenced my work, especially his landscape ink drawings. Eventually, I would move away from the style and develop my own way of drawing and painting. The man in the scene is a simple man living a simple life. He is carrying water from the river in buckets. The water bearer in symbolic history represents simplicity and wisdom
SHOGUN
In 1975 James Cavill published his book "Shogun." Five years later, in 1980, "Shogun" the television miniseries was shown. I had read the book and then watched it on TV. I had always been interested in the history of the Japanese and samurai culture. It inspired me to be involved in the martial arts and eventually I would become a black belt. In 1980 I began designing a pencil drawing depicting someone looking in a mirror and imagining themselves as a samurai warrior. I decided to use myself as the model and my bedroom was the backdrop for the drawing.
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The Tear
This pencil drawing by me is simply entitled "The Tear." It was done shortly after the drawing "Burial of Atala." I had a student in my class for a couple of years by the name of Liz. I never saw her laugh or even smile. She seemed sad, but I never talked to her about it. Later on in my career I most likely would have talked to her about what she was going through and how she felt. It could have been that she was just someone who didn't show much emotion. I decided to ask her to model for several drawings. One was the ink drawing called "Antipode of Good and Evil" and the other would be for a pencil drawing called "The Tear" which was to represent the sorrow and pain that as humans we all go through.
High Plains Drift
This acrylic painting by me entitled " High Plains Drift" was one of many that I made during my 20s and continued to create them later in my career. The largest art gallery in Amarillo was looking for a young artist to sponsor. They were considering two, myself and another named Jack Sorenson. Sorenson painted cowboy scenes and the gallery owners felt that was what would sell and chose him. I wasn't interested in cowboy scenes, but I understood their reasoning. There was another older artist that sold through their gallery by the name of Carl Smith. Smith painted beautiful landscapes, mainly evening and night scenes and these scenes were what captured my interest. I began to do twilight and night paintings and selling them on my own.