Drawing
Like many visual artist, I started out creating art as a kid with pencil and ink drawings. Essentially copying landscapes and popular figures from magazines and photos to see how well I could duplicate the subject. I found it very easy to do.

Watercolor and Ink
I have always dabbled in watercolor, but not seriously until the mid-80s. I found it to be an extremely relaxing and enjoyable medium to work in, however, the medium itself tends to be very fugitive when certain pigments(colors) are not well selected. I would always notice the slightest shift in color and it bothered me to no end. It was a real education that lead me to carefully researching and selecting art materials of all sorts.One of the more significant watercolors entitled: "Headhunters" was completed in 1989. It was the largest composition ever completed at 28x40 inches. It turned into a monster project that took over a 5 months to complete. I have not created another watercolor since that time.

I moved to experimenting with colored inks with surprisingly results but the medium became difficult to work with in other ways. I went back to basic drawing with india ink using light washes for shading and depth. I enjoyed working with india ink very much. I still like doing small works on smooth paper that support light washes combined with other media.

Soft Pastel
Around 1992, I began experimenting heavily with soft pastel and oil pastel. I was drawn to the effects I could achieve using the pastel medium on a variety of surfaces. It became my primary medium used over smooth soft black and heavily textured handmade papers. The pastels allowed me to do more experimental work and complete much larger compositions in a shorter period of time. There was no time lost while preparing liquid pigments or waiting for paint to dry. The compositions evolved quickly and allowed me to complete a large body of works over this period.

Heavy Acrylic
I was drawn to heavy acrylics for creating interesting textures, however I didn't use it much to create figurative pieces. I was doing small figurative works at the time. For me, heavy acrylic was too clumsy to work small areas requiring the kind of detail I was looking to achieve. I used it primarily to do large abstract and figurative-abstract compositions.

Liquid Acrylic
I continue to create works in pastel. However, In 2000, I became more interested in creating works that captured fine line and detail. In some cases, I would even revisit a style used to create earlier works. See "Jake" (recently completed liquid acrylic). I returned to working with pencil, fine sable brushes but using liquid acrylic as my new primary medium. Jazz and music remained the central themes in my work. At present, liquid acrylic continues to be my primary medium.