I was born on April 15, 1955 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. At the age of 8, I began doing pencil caricature sketches. These continued until I was 13 when I was given minor art class instruction in watercolor painting. Although I excelled in watercolor, my main media interest remained in doing pencil drawings. In 1970, I began spending weekends at Washington, DC's National Airport where I began doing sketches of commercial airliners. Spring of 1971 saw my first serious attempt at doing an airliner drawing and I have been turning them out ever...more
