About Me

From 2020:

I've lived almost my entire life in Humboldt County, California, USA. I grew up in Ferndale and went to both Ferndale and Eureka High. I was a terrible student. I drew on everything.

I've always drawn. My parents were marvelous enough to wholly support me, and spent hard-earned money to satisfy a young artist with an attention problem.

Art is what got me through some tough years. It gave me something to focus on (as well as my excellent friends of the time- thank you all). And then, without knowing why, I more or less quit drawing at the age of 15. I went on to explore several dead-end roads. You know the story.

My first major at University was going to be biology and math. But I realized pretty quick that I dislike institutional biologists in general, so that wasn't going to happen. Then I went on to major in philosophy- I know words that people don't use.

I kept my artistic side alive by moving into writing, and then music. I had a 'band' (consisting of yours truly) that I called AuDeDi (pronounced 'oddity'); it stands for Authoritarian Defiance Disorder. No, it's not punk; very embarrassingly pop, actually. I even sing a bit- I apologize in advance.

But drawing has always been in me. My skills never diminished, even if I didn't do anything for years; I always picked up where I left off.

And full circle I come again. At 50 I decided that art was what I was going to do for the rest of life, one way or another. So here I am. And feeling a sort of fulfillment I haven't had for a very long time. And stressed.

This website is more a compendium of what I've done since 2020 than what I've done in my life. And the past couple years has been more about exploring the options of digital art, stuff that simply did not exist when I was younger. And it's been fun. But I must admit that I miss drawing.

Or I did, before redeyelaboratories came along. With him, I drew everyday, all day, for a year straight. Yes! But, sadly, our great ambition met global market turn-down in a dark alley, and lost the fight. No regrets. Lots of gratitude. Keep going.

In closing (whew), there are many who deserve my thanks. My folks, as mentioned before, deserve the most attention for nurturing my talent and putting up with my development. Second would be my cousin, Michael Allen, who left me speechless with his talent, and put the fire in me long, long ago. More recently, much of my emotional and material success is the direct result of my very intelligent and persuasive wife, Marie; thanks, my love. And to Mr Shawn Griggs at Redeye Laboratories. Without his help and guidance ... well, I just don't know. And, of coarse, my daughter, Clara; there's a real motivator!

In any case, I hope you enjoy. Be well. Be yourself. Be true. It's all you've got.

Rob