I am one of only 7 or 8 wildlife artists worldwide who practice engraving ("Wildlife Art News, Artists Issue, 2000"), the earliest known art form. Long before the dawn of cave painting, early man expressed himself by incising lines into stone. The petroglyphs of the American southwest offer examples of this mode of self-expression. Many centuries later, European masters perfected the technique of using engraved plates to produce prints. I now continue this tradition..
To make prints from engraved plates, I follow a three-step process. First, I create a design on a sheet of copper, each line hand cut with a tool called a burin. Next, the copper plate is inked and used to produce prints on a hand press. The final step is the hand coloring of each print.
Due to the scarcity of practicing engravers, I am largely self taught. My specialty is wildlife; my designs are derived from personal photographs and fieldwork. My work strives to protect an endangered art form while portraying endangered species and habitat.
