I currently live in Richmond, Virginia, but I probably wont live here very long. I'm always moving for one reason or another. I'm married to a beautiful and smart lady who shares many of my hobbies and eccentricities, and those she doesn't share, she accepts. I'm an artist of many talents, but I'm not an expert at any form or medium of art. If you look at my gallery you'll notice I jump around from one thing to another. Yes I AM color blind... not completely of course, but I do have a hard time properly identifying and recognizing colors. I wasn't always color blind, it came upon me in the last half of my life, so I know what colors SHOULD look like, I just don't see them that way any more. So if I know the name of a color, I can usually properly use it in an art project.
I got into Steampunk around late 2009 and have jumped boots first into that world. I was lucky that Cincinnati and Ohio in general had a great and large Steampunk community, which allowed me to gain many friends and grow into the steampunk community. Now in Richmond, VA though, my wife and I are working to build a Steampunk community that will allow us to have a similar social life as we had in Cincinnati.
I try to do some tabletop gaming now and then, hence all my painted miniatures, but I don't do it regularly any more. I have had so many hobbies in my lifetime, that I often have to "trade in and out" of them so as not to fill my home with unused junk. I often sell off the accoutrements of one hobby to be able to enter into another.
Before my disability really kicked and and prevented me from working, I did simple HTML coding, converted learning materials to online formats and handled content management for a Distance Learning bachelor's degree programs that are administered through the Blackboard learning environment.
Now I'm a house husband and the only work I do you see here. I sell most of it at conventions, and sometime on etsy.
Favourite Visual Artist
Hajime Soryama, HR Giger, Amy Brown, Patrick Nagel
Favourite Movies
Serenity, Star Wars IV-VI, Aliens, Stargate. Dune, Mad Max Trilogy, Star Trek, All Miyazaki movies.
Favourite TV Shows
Star Trek (All of them), Stargate, Doctor Who, Firefly, Lots of 70's and 80's tv.
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Prince, Duran Duran, Stevie Nicks, Depeche Mode, Psych Furs, The Church, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie, The Mission UK, Bauhaus, Def Leppard, Madonna, etc. . .
Favourite Books
LOTR, WOT, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnie, various metaphysics books.
Favourite Writers
JRR Tokien, CS Lewis, JK Rowling, Robert Jordan
Favourite Games
Space Hulk, Talisman
Favourite Gaming Platform
4X6
Tools of the Trade
20/0, Xacto, Dremel, Digital Camera, Pencil, Paper, Photoshop CS3, Hand Tools, Acrylic, Brushes
Other Interests
Models and Minis, Space Hulk and 40K, Costuming, Steampunk, Dancing, Metaphysics. Writing