I've received quite a number of private messages asking for more information about me and my work. A general reply seems like a good idea since many people have asked similar questions. Although I don't expect to keep an active Journal here, I'm happy to provide occasional updates.

I'm a writer and artist. In the last few years I’ve concentrated on portraits, primarily of children, and figure studies. As a parent and as a realist-style painter, I’m concerned about the misuse of children's images on the Internet. That's why I do not post copies of children's portraits, other than the two you can see here.

Some of my figures have been featured on other art sites. If you've seen my work elsewhere and would like to discuss it or inquire about commissioning a piece, please contact me through the original site.

While I do sell giclée prints of most of my work, none of the examples here at deviantArt are available for purchase.

A number of people have asked about my approach to the nude. All I can say is that we paint what we see. The nude is first of all a portrait of the artist's vision. Much has been written about the nude in art, and about differences in the way that male and female artists portray the nude. I draw and paint the nude because bodies, and the way that light travels over them, interest me. It also intrigues me that realism requires distance from the subject, yet the closer one gets to a subject, the more it appears to change. Angles, curves and forms seem to communicate differently until what is realistic may appear to be abstract.