As an artist, I do four things; Oils on Canvas (Social Commentary), Drawings of National Parks, Photography of Birds and California Native Plants and 2D/3D Digital.
Since most here will be interest in digital work, I'll talk about that. I started in the digital world with a TI-99/4a computer in the early 1980's and immediately started creating art and animation with a very limited graphic range in hexadecimal code (16 colors, 256 shapes). I eventually became a published artist for Asgard Software and a year later when out on my own to form “Notung Software” which became on of the most popular TI Software companies. In 2010, I was inducted in the TI-99/4a Hall of Fame.
After making my switch to the PC, I started with Sketcher (the precursor to Painter) and even owned Fractal Design's "Poser 1". I didn't start seriously playing with Poser until Version 3 came around. With the advent of Poser 4, I began by creating textures and started a career as a digital artist, selling my work through Zygote, Vista, DAZ3D, Hivewire3D and Renderosity.
I really didn’t find my nitch in the 3D world until I partnered with BL Render to do the Songbird ReMix Series in 2003. The following year, I came into my own blending my love and knowledge of birds with a strong environmental theme "Threatened, Endangered, Extinct". That set, designed specifically to raise awareness about threatened species and why they're going extinct, became a template for all my work.
Since then I’ve steadily worked on improving my skills with Painter and Modo, and of course, producing more 3D birds and other flora and fauna with a strong environmental message. Today, the Songbird Remix birds have appeared in films such as ”I am Legend”, in Audubon literature and advertising, Duncraft (bird product & seed) advertising, in the museum presentations (such as the National Wildlife Research Center of Saudi Arabia) and even billboards and bus benches for the Omaha Reads promotions.
Besides being a Renderosity Vendor, I work at home as a freelance artist/photographer and also volunteer/lecture at the Theodore Payne Foundation (a Foundation that focuses a native plant awareness) and at Audubon California.
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Comments (19)
Seahorse
Beautiful!!!
vitachick
Your scenes are absolutely fantastic...Also like the description of the birds your also include...
Richardphotos
very natural/realistic bird, but all of them are
soffy
What a wonderful work,so beautifully detailed,excellent****
flavia49
stupendous work
Flint_Hawk
An exceptional bird & scene!
Erestorfan
I still keep looking at this and can't believe it is not a photo! Even enlarged it looks like a photo. Interesting name in Hawaiian, LOL!!! Off to check out your gallery!
Kinchie
Beautiful scene and top notch render - Wow and wonderful (need more stars here!)
kelvinhughes
Another most excellent image well dne
adorety
Very beautiful bird and really great scene to show him off. Great work.
bs
Very nice work:)
sandra46
OUTSTANDING WORK!
alessimarco
~Really beautiful work!! Bravo!~
macmondo
This is a beautiful render! Excellent.
fallen21
Lovely image, nice work.
thecytron
Wonderful and colorful!
cwrw
You just keep on getting better and better my friend! LOVE the vegetation- So hard to find really detailed nature modeling like this!
ia-du-lin
wonderful bird/flower scene, very nice image
psyoshida
What a beautiful bird in such a gorgeous setting. Those pigs must be removed it sounds perfectly awful what they are doing. Thanks for informing us.