Artist

Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'let's pray about this right now.'

A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.

I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.

You have to expect spiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter of light battling the darkness. But the light wins every time. You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.

I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

My paintings always feature trails that dissolve into mysterious areas, patches of light that lead the eye around corners, pathways, open gates, etc.

I love audio books, and when I paint I'm always listening to a book. I find that my imagination really takes flight in the painting process when I'm listening to audio books.

A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.

Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words.

I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.

I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York.

The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist.

My whole life was absorbed with my art. I was known by my schoolmates as the kid who could draw.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Every painting I do blends time frames. The great thing about being an artist is I can make the past join the present in some reality of the future.

What I paint touches on foundational life values. Home, family, peacefulness. And one of the messages I try to constantly get across is, 'Slow it down and enjoy every moment.'

I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney, in that I really like to make people happy.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

I began my career creating art for an animated feature film, and it has been a life-long dream to tell some of the story of my own life - the story behind my art - through the medium of motion pictures.