At this point, I started looking for alternative ways to make art by someone with a disability.Īlready discouraged with the painting process, my mind was open to alternatives. During the initial phase of my recovery, I had to have a special bed that would assist me in getting up and down sitting up to either paint, draw or eat was excruciating. Following two surgeries and rehabilitation, I struggled to come to grips at the possibility my art career could be in jeopardy. The doctors told me I could lose the use of my arm. My shoulder and arm suffered extensive bone, tissue and nerve damage. Around this time, I was severely injured while saving my daughter from a potential fall.

Although greatly admiring the medium of painting, I found it limiting and after a few too many years of frustration, I realized my heart wasn’t in it. For many years I also worked in commercial printing as a means of paying bills.

I have served as a paratrooper in the army and I have a B.F.A degree in Art from the University of South Florida with a specialization in painting and drawing.

I currently reside in Tampa, Florida, and in between frying in the sun or getting soaked by the rain, I freelance as a 3D sculptor specializing in gaming miniatures.

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