I’ve been working on a comic book series for a while, waiting until the writing is done before I publish. The narrative is about the years I spent working for an ambulance company as an EMT in Milwaukee. I like storytelling and sequential image so I’m drawn to comic books and graphic novels. The images I make are a mix of drawings, paintings, and woodblock prints. I used to draw 2D animations but I’ve always loved the comic book form as something to collect and hold onto.

I find inspiration in work, relationships, histories, politics, and the landscape. Growing up in Milwaukee, Lake Michigan was a place to escape, have fun, reflect, and take your girlfriend. That horizon inspired me greatly. I’ve spent over 10 years in Dallas. I still miss the lake but I’m interested in the people here and I like having the Chihuahuan Desert as a place to detach and reflect. My work attempts to relate experience, from war to the existential, and put that into painting.

I do road trips to document and collect reference images by making watercolors, taking photos, and make drawings, these funds will help with the costs of travel and lodging. As I draw the comic, I will need to pay models and buy supplies. I make paintings by purchasing the lumber, the canvas, and the paints. These I use to paint the comic book frames. I will need to pay for printing press time. And in the end, I will have to pay for publishing.