I've been a comics fan for a long time.  I was paid with comic books for my first job - assisting the local paper boy deliver the daily newspaper.  My mom wouldn't let me keep the 25 cent weekly salary that came with the job, so he bought the books and passed them along to me after he read them. 

 

I was addicited at the early age of 5 1/2.

 

It wasn't long after that I started to copy the pictures.  What role models - Jack Kirby, Curt Swan, Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Gil Kane, Joe Sinnott, Carmine Infantino, Wally Wood and Steve Ditko.  The blank newsprint that wrapped the bundles of newspaper and crayons developed into pencil, ink & bristol board as the years went on.  New role models emerged - the likes of John Buscema, John Byrne, Klaus Janson, Bob Mcleod, Terry Austin and Tom Palmer.  Copying pictures gave way to creating my own.  Attending Ivy School of Professional Art honed those skills and introduced me to different techniques and led me to create in different ways.  And now the bug has bit me again...

 

I am a freelance artist working out of my home-based studio in central Ohio.  I rekindled the dream in 2005 with the help of Howard Bender.  With Howard's sponsorship, I was added to the staff of ULTIMATE COMICS GROUP.  While working with UCG, I began to take more deliberate steps to make inking comics more than just a hobby.  Many thanks to the crits & comments from all my Yahoo! Inkwell buddies and guidance provided by it's pro members.  You may be able to find links to some of their pages on my Links page.

 

Please don't hesitate to contact me for references - they can be provided on request either for a commission piece or if you would like to partner on a project.