From creating my first finger painting of a swan in 2nd grade....to drawing under the covers with a flashlight so my parents wouldn't know I was still up....to studying all elements of art and their execution at university....to studying under masters in their fields of painting and photography....to working as an ad agency painter and photographer, then art director for a prime contractor of the government....to owning my own art/photographic products business with top corporate, national park and specialty boutique clients....I finally found ETSY! That's how I got here, and how fun the discovery has been!

From the wonderfully nostalgic smell of the photo chemicals after having threaded my own 35mm film onto the reels for canister development, I evolved into the fascinating world of digital creation and digital manipulation allowing me to combine the best of both of my worlds into single pieces....my original art and photography, as well as digital painting at times. Now I was really in 7th Heaven!

.....or so I thought! The real 7th Heaven came when finding Etsy and being able to share this new combination of my visions with the world! Oh, my work had gone all over the world before, but in a much more commercial way. Now on Etsy, I am able to create the fun, free-wheeling images, whether it is some scattered twigs on the concrete or sprucing up a sign south of my city!

I do all of my own printing up through 16" x 20"....larger sizes, I delegate to a professional lab. And now I have the fun of providing you with my original works for on other fun formats such as pillows, totes and mobile phone cases. The phone cases are produced in-house by me providing an image that is fused into the case....so your case always keeps that "brand new" appearance!

Sure...I have dabbled in other non-related fields that were also fun along the way....as a model, modeling instructor and a casino pit boss....all fun and interesting things (as well as intense and serious!)....but whatever I do, it's all about the art and photography! For me, THAT's always my world....always has been....always will be!

I'd love to show you around my shop, so please join me here from time to time! And remember....I am only a convo away if there is something I can help you with....

xoxo ~ BJ