I continued to do commission illustrations for private collectors and during those years developed quite a few close friends. One of them mentioned that on a trip to Italy he found a coffee table book of my art that was selling for $4000. I was stunned. I had no idea my work had that value. About six years ago I bought my first computer and while cruising the web began to see more and more of my old work. That is when I actually realized there was still a demand and that new fans still wanted it. I set up a Yahoo Group and it lasted for a year, before their censorship finally caught up with me. But that convinced me that the fan base is still there. So for the last year I have been building my own website.

 My style has changed dramatically. This is driven by two factors. My eyesight has diminished so that I can no longer work on a drawing board, and my fascination with the 3D programs run on a computer has increased. For all those years I worked at trying to make my scenes look realistic, and I used an airbrush to get as close as I could. The 3D programs on the computer get me even closer. I have always liked to add detail and when you can blow something up ten times….bad eyes don’t really matter.

 Now I have three computers, high powered and fast. I have tried many programs but Photoshop comes closest to being the ideal tool. The figures are developed in a program called Poser and brought into Photoshop for final design. I also use Vue4 for landscape and backgrounds. Other programs I use are Rhino, Body paint, and the ultimate which I am still learning….Lightwave. My goal of course is to be the very best I can be.

 I am retired now…..so my work gets 100% of my attention. I hope new fans will grow to enjoy my work as much as the old ones.