“Hatched from a rotten demon's egg…”

That's how I usually start my bio whenever I am asked to write one. But, I think I will be a little more serious this time.

I was born in Aurora, Illinois back in October of 1978. I was raised there and now feel at home in Hinckley.

I started drawing on my own in the 1st grade, but due to religious limitations placed upon me, I wasn't able to get “really” into it until I was in middle school. I took my first art classes while in high school, but found them creatively limiting and focused more on being a “Drama Nerd”

After graduating, I took one (fortunately JUST one) semester at a now defunct art school, leaving since I again found myself feeling boxed in.

A life drawing course in 2007 awakened something in me… While the core of what I do are pet portraits, I do a lot of “weird shit.” Shit like dragons, skulls, twisted fairy tales, landscapes, silly doodles that go nowhere, as well as animal, human, and horror based anatomy art,

I have always been drawn to the darker side. So I draw the darker side… Usually with a little bit of love, sarcasm, and reverence thrown in.

I strive to bring something the viewer finds interesting, since my own interests were stifled for so long.

To pay bills I took what was supposed to be a temporary job in veterinary medicine in 1998, but fell in love with it. I worked as a veterinary assistant for almost 20 years, trying different things here and there until deteriorating vision due to a genetic eye disease forced me to stop working my dream job in 2023. I now work as a veterinary client service representative from home.

I married my wife, Christy, in 2001. We became highschool sweethearts after meeting during a field trip in 1994. (Christy said that this write up would make a good obituary, and I agree.)