Bio
When I was little I wanted to be a cowboy, but I didn’t have a horse, a hat, or a rope. Besides, the Wild West was too far from Indiana for me to be home in time for supper. I had a box of crayons and I enjoyed drawing, so I got to thinking that a career as an artist might be a better trail to ride and I wouldn't have to worry about saddle-sores. My mother is a gifted artist; she supplied me with plenty of encouragement and all the art supplies she could rustle up in our small town. I practiced my drawing, mostly dinosaurs (to impress the other boys) or the occasional horse (to impress the girls.) I nearly wore out all the Dr. Seuss books, How-to-Draw books, and of course, the dinosaur books in my grade-school library.
While still in High School I landed a job at a large sportswear screen-printing company in my hometown. It wasn’t long before I made my way into the art department where I created artwork for such clients as: Disney, Warner Brothers, PAWS (Garfield), DC Comics, Adidas, and Nike. I drew Beauty and the Beast, Bugs Bunny and Bart Simpson to name just a few.
In 1995 I packed up my art supplies and moved to Nashville, Tennessee to work as illustrator for The Beginner’s Bible series of books including the best-selling Beginner’s Bible.
Some other illustrating clients include: Zonderkidz, Worthy-Ideals, David C. Cook, Lifeway, Wiley Publications, United Methodist Publishing House, The Clever Factory, Studio Fun International.
I began writing children’s stories in 2008 and I’ve since had 8 books published: Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn (Gauthier Publ.), Food for a Fish (David C Cook), Good News of Great Joy (David C Cook), The Biggest and Toughest (David C Cook), Daniel for Lunch (David C Cook), a 20 story storybook, Treasury of Bible Stories–Rhythmical Rhymes of Biblical Times (David C Cook), Bicycling Rules of the Road (Schiffer Publishing) and The Cycling Wangdoos (Schiffer Publishing).
I currently live in Nashville, with my beautiful wife. I have 4 grown children who live nearby.
While still in High School I landed a job at a large sportswear screen-printing company in my hometown. It wasn’t long before I made my way into the art department where I created artwork for such clients as: Disney, Warner Brothers, PAWS (Garfield), DC Comics, Adidas, and Nike. I drew Beauty and the Beast, Bugs Bunny and Bart Simpson to name just a few.
In 1995 I packed up my art supplies and moved to Nashville, Tennessee to work as illustrator for The Beginner’s Bible series of books including the best-selling Beginner’s Bible.
Some other illustrating clients include: Zonderkidz, Worthy-Ideals, David C. Cook, Lifeway, Wiley Publications, United Methodist Publishing House, The Clever Factory, Studio Fun International.
I began writing children’s stories in 2008 and I’ve since had 8 books published: Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn (Gauthier Publ.), Food for a Fish (David C Cook), Good News of Great Joy (David C Cook), The Biggest and Toughest (David C Cook), Daniel for Lunch (David C Cook), a 20 story storybook, Treasury of Bible Stories–Rhythmical Rhymes of Biblical Times (David C Cook), Bicycling Rules of the Road (Schiffer Publishing) and The Cycling Wangdoos (Schiffer Publishing).
I currently live in Nashville, with my beautiful wife. I have 4 grown children who live nearby.
