I'm a digital artist and author of books on being creative with your digital tools. I'm an Adobe AEL (Adobe Educational Leader) as well as an Adobe Community Expert and I've taught digital creativity internationally. I'm an Instructor at Goldenwest College and Santa Monica College and Coast College and Studio Arts of Los Angeles. I worked as a Pro-Artist for WACOM Technologies and I'm the president Of Photoshop Users Group which is currently the largest Adobe Photoshop Users group in the country.
I am a guest writer for a number of magazines to include the feature article and front cover of Photoshop User Magazine. In addition, I'm the author of the following books:
1. "3D Photoshop For Creative Professionals"
2. “Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX”
3. "The Art Of Poser & Photoshop"
4. “Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”
5. "Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX"
6. "Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX"
7. "Photoshop CS Trickery & FX"
I've discovered the same passion for the digital medium as I have for photography as an art form. My background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. My artistic influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.
I've been a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 29 years internationally. I've been exhibiting digital fine art around the world at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won me 1st place in the prestigious Seybold International digital arts contest.