I've been an artist all my life, Student of the Year at University of Houston CL, and always loved animals, fascinated by the zoo and captured and chased any animal as a youth in Santa Fe, Texas, but in 2009 I made the decision to concentarte my art on Wildlife, mostly endagered wildlife, to promote awareness and interest in our vanishing natural world.  I started with a cheetah portrait and developed my own style of ink and watercolor, progressing into other mediums.  I am self taught.  I have a distinct style.  I'm am not trying for photorealism.  I want art to look like art, made by technical skill and the free flowing hand.  I have been known by many as the artist that paints the unusual animals, not the popular selling animals.  I like the Tapirs, the Giant Anteaters, the Maned Wolves, the Opossums.   I paint with emotion and passion and know my subject with study and interest.