President Trump Portrait – This portrait of President Trump is my current “Just For Fun” project. I’m working on it in between my other pyrography, laser-engraving, writing, software administration, website maintenance, and other business demands. I’ve wanted to create a larger piece as an example of my portrait work for some time now. What better person […]

My current Work In Progress… Klaus Michaelson is my favorite character from the television series’ The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. I knew I wanted to create a series of burnings of several of the characters from both shows and it was no contest, for me, which character I wanted to burn first. Klaus is […]

Snape is my favorite character from the Harry Potter series. I guess I must have a soft place in my heart for the supposed “villian”…at least in some stories. Throughout almost the entire Harry Potter saga we are led to believe that Severus is someone to be feared. That he is a “bad guy” and […]

Professor Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies. He’s still not completely finished…I need to get back to him. All that hair…lol! I’ll post another photo when he’s done.

UPDATED: 3/20/2019 – I’ve added the finished piece. Of course, as an artist I’m never really sure when a work is really DONE. You can always add a little more shading here…a little more smoothing there. I’m sure I’ll probably continue to made subtle changes. But he is essentially done now and hanging on my […]

FIRST ATTEMPTS AT WOOD BURNING When I made my first attempts at wood burning, it was just a hobby—a way to pass the time. The year was 1999, and we had just moved from our 20-acres in Central Oregon’s High Desert. We had lived an off-grid lifestyle there for about 6-months. But over the winter, […]