OBJECTIVE:

Seeking employment in the professional art field. I am a competent,i maginative illustrator and fine art artist with computer skills and I work quickly, efficiently, and take pride in what I create.

Illustrator/editor for Kevin D. Nelson

September 1,1995 -- (in progress)

Editing and illustrating a manual on insulating mobile homes. Entering hand written work into my computer, illustrating the author's ideas,and making them comprehensible to the public.

Programs used : Microsoft Works

June 1995 through (Ongoing)

Fantasy illustrations for The DANE System, by NIGHTWORKS, (Formerly OUTLAWSOFTWARE). The job consists of illustrating scenarios given to me by the programmers to be later used as screen backdrops for the software.

Programs used; Fractal Design Painter and Paint Shop Pro.

February 1995

T-Shirt design for NORWESCON 18

Come up with an eye-catching t-shirt design with a dinosaur type theme.(Sold out)

Sales and distribution of my personal line of 24 fine art, Limited Edition,Signed and Numbered Fantasy Art Prints and original acrylic and oilpaintings. These works sell in galleries and at science fiction/fantasyconventions around the U.S.

Self-taught Wildlife/Fantasy/computer artist. I have been working in artsince 1976

1994 CHESLEY NOMINATION for "IN THE MIST" via the Association for ScienceFiction Artists (ASFA)

1994 Best of show and Best Professional Fantasy via Astronimicon (New York)

Over 150 awards and prizes for various art shows and exhibitions.

I am a 36 year old professional artist with twenty years experience in the art field. I have taught numerous classes on drawing, fantasy painting,wildlife painting, and airbrushing. I have done custom art to illustrate bulletin boards in the Olympia area and have many of my .gifs and .jpgs ondisplay on BBS's in Thurston County.

Profeciency in 2D art; Oil, Acrylic, Airbrush, Pencil, Pen and Ink and pixel art (Art done on the computer with a Wacom art pad, Fractal Design Painter and Paint Shop Pro) And am in the process of learning 3D mesh andanimations. I enjoy drawing and painting the human form and animals with a strong emphasis on detail. My work is realistic looking even though most of what I do out of choice leans toward fantasy.