My vision emerged while at basic military training, stuck between lifeless concrete walls. We were given Air Force study material, but that was the extent of the entertainment. There was a section about military aircraft with pictures. My artistic mind was deprived, so I took out my notebook and started to draw airplanes. It was there that I found a love for creating aviation art.

I began my art program at the University of Minnesota a few years after basic training. I showed up on the first day of class knowing exactly what I wanted to paint: airplanes. I began to make paintings inspired by military photography. I was challenged to develop my style by experimenting with various degrees of abstraction and photorealism using slow-drying acrylic paint.

While my current focus is painting past and modern military aircraft, I plan to expand into creating custom work of various types of aircraft. I value the passion in the aviation community and hope to use my artistic skills to intertwine the worlds of fine art and aviation.