It’s the only way I know how to live.

2. The last good movie you saw:

I don’t see movies in theater very often, but I watch (or listen to) a lot of DVDs while I paint. Last night I painted to Boogie Nights.

3. Something you’ve always wanted to do, but have yet to:

Write and illustrate and graphic novel. I’m in the very early stages of working towards achieving this… check back in ten years or so.

4. Favorite country or city visited.

I don’t do much traveling… kind of a recluse. But I went to collage out in Denver, and love going back there to visit.

“If you will it, it is no dream.” - Theodor Herzl

6. Something you want the world to know about you:

I’m addicted to fruit smoothies and think I can live on them alone.

7. Something that annoys or frustrates you about people:

Big ego/name-dropping/self-centered people.

8. Something that concerns you:

How crappy Saturday morning cartoons have become… and this weird mole on my shoulder.

9. Artists you admire:

Hieronymus Bosch, Salvador Dali, Michael Hussar, Mark Ryden, Todd Schorr, Dave McKean, Tim Burton, David Lynch and the list goes on and on and on…

“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” - Vincent van Gogh

“Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.” - Dan Stanford

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.” – Hunter S. Thompson

11. The first record or CD you ever bought? The last album you downloaded?

Megadeth’s ‘Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying’

Nine Inch Nails ‘Pretty Hate Machine re-mastered’

12. Something you do when you’re procrastinating?

Pace around my apartment in circles at ever-increasing speeds.

13. What is your most defining characteristic?

Mellowness

14. What is your greatest fear?

Having to get a REAL job.

15. The moment you realized you were an ‘artist’:

I’ve been drawing for longer than I can remember; “artist” was an identity I’d been given all my life. It’s much harder for me to identify myself as anything else.

16. Your greatest quality:

Hell if I know… pass

17. Something you wish you could change or alter about yourself:

More self-confidence - less social anxiety.

18. What is the biggest risk you’ve ever taken and was it worth it?

Moving out to LA was one… now trying to make it as a career painter is another. So far it all seems to be panning out.

19. Something you wish you had known five years ago:

That my favorite Iron Maiden shirt would get ruined… I would’ve bought two.

20. What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years of your life?

I hope to be making a living as a full time painter… that would rule. Improve my painting skills, work on bigger more complex pieces and move to oils.