I was born and raised in California a l-o-n-g time ago.  I’ve always liked to travel, and lived in the Panama Canal Zone for 10 years. It was heaven on earth! I'm now semi-retired from the US government and live in FloridaI’ve used personal computers for the last 12 years, and dappled in PhotoShop, Bryce, Flash, animation, web design, photography, Vue and Poser 7. Now I mostly use DAZ/studio and PhotoShop.  Working with 3D art has opened a whole new world and it's so addictive.I'm a strong supporter of the environment, wildlife, quality life for farm animals, and organizations that try to make life better for the suffering and injured animals of this world.  OK, so I'm not too fond of bugs, while I don’t go out of my way to hurt them, they are not allowed to live in my house!  Also love reptiles from frogs to dinosaurs!My art includes a lot of dragons and my website  Dragon Mischief features some of them. I also have a shop at Cafepress where I sell my art.I’m recently adopted a senior a Rat Terrier, named Mitzi.  She loves to sleep in her bed while I play on the on the computer.  I recently purchased my dream digital camera, Canon EOS 60D DSLR (2011) and will try and share some photos too.Patrish Dehler