Years ago I had someone do an oil painting of my dog Luke, an English
pointer.  It was a nice painting, but it just didn't look like my dog.  My wife
suggested I learn to paint him myself.  So I looked for an art teacher and
found one in Doug Prine, a western art specialist and a wonderful teacher.
I took art lessons from him and it opened up a whole new world in oil
painting and gave me a new passion in life.
    I grew up in Elbert, Texas, which is a small farming community in 
Throckmorton County.  It was there I developed a love for hunting and
fishing.  Now when I go in the country, I see it in a whole new light.
Now I see colors, light, composition, shadows, and the possibility of an oil painting.  I have quail hunted with bird dogs all my life and now it is my
passion to bring them to life on canvas.
 
    I have done commissions of sporting dogs and other subjects for years
now and I am constantly striving to improve as an artist.  When you do a
painting for someone, it is a big responsibility because they are putting there
trust in you to bring that photo to life for them.  There is no greater reward
than to see the look of joy on someone's face when you give them their
painting and know they are going to have that painting for the rest of their
life.

Member of Lake Granbury Art Association
    Three "Artist of the Month" Awards
    2nd Place award and "Peoples Choice Award" at 2004 Spring Art Show
    1st Place award and "Peoples Choice Award" at 2004 Fall Art Show
"Best of Show" award at Mineral Wells Art Association 2007 Art Show
Accepted into the Rio Brazos Juried Art Exhibition in 2004,2005, and 2006
Juror's Merit Award 2007 Rio Brazos Juried Art Exibition
Two paintings accepted in Breckenridge 16th Annual Juried Art Competition
"Best of Show" at Mineral Wells Art Association 2008 Art Show
1st Place award in Professional Division at Mineral Wells 2008 Art Show
Two paintings accepted in Breckenridge 17th Annual Juried Art Competition with
    "Hunting In Heaven" receiving Honorable Mention
"Award of Excellence" received at Lake Granbury Art Association 2008 Fall Festival of Art
"Peoples Choice Award" at Trinity Arts Guild 2008 Open Juried Show
1st Place Award with "Major" in the oil and acrylics category at the 2009 Lake Granbury
Association Spring Art Show and Sale
"Best of Show", 1st Place and Second Place at the 2009 Wise County Art Association Art Show and Sale
    "Best of Show" was for "Hunting In Heaven"
On the cover and a featured article in the Fall 2009 issue of Field Trial Magazine
1st Place Award with "Wild and Free" in the oil category at the 2010 Lake Granbury
    Association Spring Art Show and Sale