 This is an icon that I designed for Mascot Financial. It's copyrighted, so don't even think of using it without written permission. The objective of the design was to create an image that represented people working and thinking together to create and maintain wealth. The green and gold colors and textures were vital to the representation of riches.
 This was a classic illustration from my archives. Back in the early years of the internet, a lady designed "wearable" car covers for SUV's that she sewed at home. Her company was called "My Coveralls". She hired uSight to do some e-Commerce for her while I was working there. And, she had me convert a photo of one of her SUV covers into a catchy illustration to be used with her logo. The result was something akin to Pixar's "Cars".
 I painted this illustration for an advertisement for juice blends that combined vegetables with fruit. It was a pretty novel idea at the time, and the juice was some of my favorite. Incidentally, now my favorite juices come from Bolthouse Farms. They use sweet ingredients like Acai Berries, Maitake Mushrooms, Spirulina, Acerola Cherries and Prickly Pear Cactus in their juices. I love it!!!
 I don't do a ton of religious art, but this was an oil painting that I did for my parents. The actual size of the canvas is about 4 feet wide and 3.5 feet high. So, it took a while. Especially since I started with a black and white under-painting and layered glazes on top of it to get the color. It took about a year in my spare time, so next time I'll probably do something digital instead. It's just quicker, and it is a lot less messy to do digital paintings in the house.
 This oil painting on masonite board was intended to be a cover for the book "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell. Karana (The main character) is pictured as having conquered the harsh opposition in the natural environment which surrounds her. When it was finished, I framed the painting and gave it to my uncle who still has it in his private collection.
 This oil painting on textured board was a head study of a girl dressed like an old west pioneer. Looking at it now, I remember how much I enjoyed working with the textures and abstract shapes.
 If the average BYU Off-Campus Housing Contracted landlords were characterized in fairy tales, I think they'd look something like this. I had a good landlord once while I was in school. But, most of the time I was being taken advantage of by the cleaning check ladies and the crazy rantings of a crazy apartment owner. This illustration was published in the Daily Universe with an article about the problems that local students were having.
 I love my Macs. I grew up with them. I learned how to draw with a mouse when I was ten on a Mac Plus. But, at one point in my career, I realized that it is going to be a while before Apple is the standard. So, I designed this dismal image to mourn the fact that I was going to have to make myself as comfortable using a PC as I am using a Mac. Windows has been the bane of my existence ever since, but I have to say that it's a lot better than using DOS.
 A long time ago, I was assigned to paint a unique self portrait. So, I did this small (4"x 6") watercolor of myself as a Chinese Dragon. I even painted my actual Chinese name stamp so everyone would know it was me - as if that wasn't obvious!!!
 Lately, everybody has been telling me that I should post some of my traditional stuff. So, here's an 8"x10" head study I did a while back. I completed it in about 4 hours.
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This is an icon that I designed for Mascot Financial. It's copyrighted, so don't even think of using it without written permission. The objective of the design was to create an image that represented people working and thinking together to create and maintain wealth. The green and gold colors and textures were vital to the representation of riches.
