Is there anything interesting, unusual or notable about you or your career that you feel comfortable sharing with our readers? I had a stroke 11 years ago as a result of working long hours and day after day in my pursuit of that artistic goal. I’ ve stepped back a little and learned to appreciate my time with my family more. It made me a more efficient painter of sorts in that though I’ m doing fewer paintings( 40 per year instead of 60), I feel they are of greater skill, composition and imagery.
Is there anything you wish you’ d done differently in your own career as an artist? Do you have any advice for emerging talents? I wish I had started earlier in my career as a Fine Western Artist. I would like to have gotten into this genre during the 80’ s and early 90’ s and I would love to have had those extra years of experience. As far as my advice goes, I think a western artist will know when they are ready. Have your drawing and painting skills down, know your history and develop a focus on what you want to paint.
Do you have an artist“ bucket list” so to speak and what would you consider to be a dream project? Simply speaking my artistic bucket list would be to establish myself with merit as a western artist. My goal is to be able to inspire future artists to depict the Western Frontier. My dream project would be to continue my career painting the Old West.
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