Storms Never Last -- Tornado Painting Painting

People often say to me, "I wish I could discover some hidden talent like you did." I believe everyone has artistic talent, but few people ever learn to tap into it. For me it was a serendipitous discovery: I didn't choose art, it chose me. That, and the fact that I spent literally thousands of hours' time studying classical art--mostly from the Baroque Era--plus a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Never be afraid to follow your dreams--anything is possible. My weathervane sculptures have been featured on the Discovery Channel's Monster House series; on PBS's Antiques Roadshow; in the permanent collection of the Tesla Science Center and Museum at Wardenclyffe, Shoreham, New York; in the Wall Street Journal; New York Daily News; Wikipedia; Houston Chronicle; Houston Press; Britain's Mental Floss Magazine; Daily Kos; on the long-running television program The Texas Country Reporter; selected as a Featured Architectural Project by the International Copper Development Association; two-time finalist for the prestigious Hunting Art Prize (oil painting, 2014 and 2016). Additionally, I was one of the first artists to be designated a "Texas Original" by The Texas Commission on the Arts. Notable commissions include weathervane sculptures for the historic Victorian home of Heinz Ketchup CFO Paul Renne (Pittsburgh, PA); weathervane sculptures for PBS's Antiques Roadshow producer Robert Marshall (Boston, MA), and Larry Levinson Productions (Los Angeles, CA); oil painting for songwriter Jimmy Webb (Bayville, New York). A few of my interests are psychedelics, politics, spillways, electricity, tornadoes, train-hopping, tomcats, hawks, owls, and nightmares.