Bio
When I was little I wanted to be a cowboy, but I didn’t have a horse, a hat or a rope, and the West seemed terribly far from my home in Indiana. I did have a box of crayons and I enjoyed drawing with them, so I decided being an artist might be a better idea, and besides, I could stay closer to home. My mother is a gifted artist; she supplied me with plenty of encouragement and all the art supplies I wanted (or at least all that were available in our small town.) I drew a lot for fun when I was young, 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, most recent edition of The 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, etc.
I began writing children’s stories in 2008 and I’ve since had 7 books published: Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn (Gauthier Publ.), The Cycling Wangdoos (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) and a 20 story storybook, Treasury of Bible Stories–Rhythmical Rhymes of Biblical Times (David C Cook).
I currently live in Nashville, with my beautiful wife and 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, most recent edition of The 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, etc.
I began writing children’s stories in 2008 and I’ve since had 7 books published: Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn (Gauthier Publ.), The Cycling Wangdoos (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) and a 20 story storybook, Treasury of Bible Stories–Rhythmical Rhymes of Biblical Times (David C Cook).
I currently live in Nashville, with my beautiful wife and have 4 grown children who live nearby.
