meet the artist

Drawing and painting were a couple of things I picked up quickly as a young child.  Spending a lot of time growing up outdoors, my curiosity about nature, primarily animals, grew, and became the subject of most of my artwork.

Spending the last 20+ years in the animal field, my infatuation with birds became my primary focus and I immersed myself in it.  This profession was a place I never saw myself be, and I loved it!

I never stopped drawing or painting,  It's always been a fun hobby of mine, it was just something I did on the side.  I donate a lot of my artwork to fundraisers supporting conservation efforts around the 

Excelling as an aviculturist,  the birds made me a better person and my passion took me to the far reaches of the planet like New Zealand and Antarctica.

A door closes and a new one opens...

As many of us have experienced in the year 2020, I was laid off of my position where I had spent 15 years of my life.  The change was rough, but I knew moving forward was the right thing to do.  And with that, I

For the last few years after 2020, I've been loving life working in the central FL area as a field biologist, surveying endangered birds and Sand Skinks, relocating Gopher Tortoises, and recording Bonneted Bats.