My very talented friend, John,

did me the honor of drawing my portrait from my original deviantID. I

it so much, I made it my new deviantID. Take a look at it full size
[link] John, there are no words for how much I love this. 1000 thanks, my friend!!!


I'm a self-taught portrait/figure artist who used to work in graphite. But, I'm finding I need a change of pace, so I'm switching to a combination of soft pastel and pastel pencil. I still have a

for graphite work, so I'll probably still do some every now and then, but for the most part, it's pastels for me from here on out.
Personal Quote: Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein