| I was born and raised in the beautiful 'Land of Lakes' tourist region just north of the shores of Lake Ontario. I attended schools in Napanee, Picton and graduated as an Architectural Draftsman from Loyalist College in Belleville continuing on to become a certified Computer Programmer/Analyst in Kingston.
I started in the building trades when I was 15, and worked my way thru many trades and owned my own businesses before I changed my career to technology in 2000.
After 6 years at a local college teaching Computer Programming I now own a small business again consulting and developing web sites.
My artistic aptitudes were noticed early on by many. My first 'stick man' at the age of two-and-a-half included all fingers, full face and hair. Through the growing years I expressed my abilities on many surfaces using many different kinds of mediums: acrylic, pencil crayon, graphite, pen, markers, and charcoal. I like to work on different surfaces, such as picture matte, to gain different effects and depth. Bored by general art classes in school, I forged ahead in development and tested theories and tried processes on my own, such as creating silk screens while my classmates still worked on primary and secondary colour mixing. My first paid commission at age 18 put my architectural learning and artist aptitudes to use in sketching a cafe front to appear on logos and menus for a Belleville cafe.
Being a country boy and spending much time around horses has played a major part in my current venue of the animal kingdom.
I currently freelance and use my artistic detail and computer knowledge in designing web-sites and expanding my abilities with different mediums and surfaces. I currently live in Pembroke with my wife and two children.
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