Published Work

ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Two ink drawings selected to join the permanent collection of the United States Coast Guard art collection in 2024.
  • 21 House and/or Business painted portraits.
  • 1770 pieces of art on Instagram, @artofctupa and over 20 designs on teepublic.com.
  • Thirteen self-published books on Amazon.  
  • Two illustrated movie reviews published in ScaryMonsters Magazine
  • Art exhibited at The Nave Museum, Texana Arts, and the Victoria Public Library.  
  • My watercolor work is routinely featured in Powerlineman Magazine
  • Several illustrated food reviews on Houston Food Finders and one in the Houston Chronicle
  • Illustrated to cover and fourteen interior illustrations for the Home Video Humor book published by Lunchmeat Press, Illustrated Meet Sister Mary Margaret children’s book for OSV Press;  three, Holey Moleys children’s books for Good and True Media; Brother Jude children’s book published by the Abbey of the Genesee, NY; three, The Monk’s children’s books for Saint Benedict Press; The Naughty List published by Karate Petshop; and five digital children’s books for the publisher Farfaria.
  • Several illustrated Twilight Zone reviews published in Dimensions of Imagination
  • Three monthly illustrations (for a total of twelve months) for the OSV Kids Magazine published by OSV Press
  • Over 50 illustrations for Dandyline Games, and 4 illustrations for Per Aspera Games.
  • Featured in an issue of The Australia Times portrait magazine, as well as supplied
    illustrations for two of their published books.
  • Created and produced two Youtube Channels; one about drawing and one about gaming with my son.
  • Wrote and illustrated a sketch blog titled Sketching Around Town for our local newspaper; The Victoria Advocate.
  • Produced art for seven wine labels for Joadja Estate in Australia.  
  • Created illustrated instructions for the Firebox Stove; Fireboxstove.com.
  • Wrote a family/travel blog and had articles published on Forgeoverland.com as well as Famousparenting.com and Outdoorfamiliesonline.com
  • Several illustrations published in the MacIntyre Gazette; Texas, Queensland, AU.
  • Twice featured in the local newspaper.
  • Spoke at the local Retired Teachers Association meeting and Eleanor Brackenridge Literary Book Club meeting.
  • In 2015 I was part of a team that worked on a graphic novel called Monster Elementary that won a gold medal in the Independent Book Publishers Awards. I have also completed an 8-page story for Monster Elementary V.2, which won a bronze medal.
  • Worked on several independent comic projects and did close to a hundred commission paintings for individuals and small press companies around the country and the world.