My paintings were my hi-tech approach to pochoir, that is, a combination of digital line art and hand coloring. I drew them with Illustrator in the subversive drawing style I developed as a kid. Then, I printed them with a wide format inkjet onto huge sheets of Japanese paper and painted them with beautiful, rich colors, which I outlined with the same metallic gold that made my paper relief work so popular.

I loved the processs and I loved showing my work to people who chuckled at my sense of humor, to teenagers who thought I was cool, and to little children who gasped at the glory of the colors and gold. Nothing else I've ever done inspired a tiny little boy to run up to and say, "I love this!" or another one to shout, "Look, Dad, it's a Picasso!"

For the twelve years I had my gallery, I was the best selling artist in Rochester. I was also the first artist in Rochester to have a website, and the only one for a long time. Being first and only made all the difference for business success. My pioneering in digital art and internet technology gave me the opportunity to grow with the technology, so the change to an exclusively digital studio and a different menu of services was as natural as it was necessary a transition.

I overdid it and developed a severe allergy to the combination of wet paper and acrylic paint fumes after working with them day night for so long. I had to end my natural media career, abruptly. There were more stories I had planned to tell before closing out the collection; but it was nearly complete.