After working through many of the jobs an artist might have: manually pulling silkscreens for a commercial shop; mechanical art designer for an embroidered emblem factory; advertising and layout designer and illustrator for books, magazines, newspapers and catalogues; store and restaurant display designer and storyboard artist for television and the movies. I began selling art made by me directly to the public in 1995. The comic cat and dog imagery evolved in my work almost naturally. I had reached a impasse and nothing seemed to be working so I was having some drinks one night with my dogs and cat and I expessed my frustrations. The old black lab said, “You just got to take a good look around and paint what you know. Cheers!”