I have been a commercial artist for 40 years working in package design, promotion, book illustration, retail, and magazines. Recently I have devoted my time to investigating my personal visual work. I have always loved to work with pencil and the graphic quality it offers. I am also trained in calligraphy and its influence can be seen in my work. Unlike my commercial art I do not have a finished image in mind when I start but rather allow the work to progress bit by bit with different textures, line weight and direction, and colors playing off one another until I feel a...more