The choices of mediums I’ve used have been influenced by many individuals going back to childhood, watching my father and grandfather run businesses. Leading me twenty-five years ago to run my own business, a small commercial print shop, plus many experiences in between, working at the meat counter in a chain of grocery stores for a time in Iowa Falls and later Clear Lake, Iowa, and even some years designing and selling advertising for a small town newspaper. Finally today working as a network systems analyst supporting the computer needs of staff, faculty, and students within a community college, having these diverse resources to draw from will support what I hope to be years of material for your enjoyment and more importantly the tools to guide and strengthen the mediums of your choosing.
Materials, tools and how they are used determine if we will be successful over time. Add in imagination, creativity and true passion through this period for an edge that will rival the greatest masters of your discipline. Remember they all started with a blank canvas at some point too. To acquaint, explore, study, and experiment with different techniques and perspectives of various mediums which you might choose will be my purpose here.
Mixed with the incidents of my past, to give it all a little flavor...we'll call it "Medium Heat".