How long have you been creating?

I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, before I knew how to write. I have a twin brother and we used to sit at this little table facing each other and draw, I think that is how I ended up left handed. Anyways, for a long time, almost 40 years. I didn't pick up a paint brush till I was in high school, though. Illustration was always my thing.

What, besides your art, brings you creative fulfillment?

I play a pretty mean punk rock guitar now. Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, not todays bubblegum that they pawn off as punk. I bang on the guitar every now and then while my daughters (5 and 22 months) dance around. That is creative fulfillment.

What are your motivations for creating?

It's a bodily function for me.

How do you know when a piece you're working on is done?

I do a "five day hanging on my wall" test. If I don't take it down to work on it for five days, its done.

What do you find stimulating right now? How does this influence your creative process?

My daughters are all the stimulation I can handle right now, and this has influenced me a great deal. I'm doing a series of these outrageous illustrations right now (under a different name...) that I used my daughters coloring books as reference. If I muster up enuff guts to post them here, I will.

What brought you to EBSQ?

I was looking at stuff on Ebay and saw the EBSQ logo on there. It really is a good idea.

Please share some of your artistic goals for 2008.

My goal is to paint or draw for more than 20 minutes at a time with out smoking. It goes hand in hand for me. Paint, coffee and cigarettes. I'm horrible. ( ...and because I know what some of you are thinking, I only smoke outside because of the girls.) My brother quit so I'm thinking maybe now is a good time.

What would you like your fellow EBSQ artists and our collectors to know about you and/or your work?

I usually leave a "bald spot" on the bottom edge of my paintings, maybe 2 inches. I do this just in case someone says something negative about the piece, so I can say, "Well, it ain't done yet".