Evelyn and I really enjoy photography... nature, scenic, people, whatever... and have an equally strong love for art of all kinds.  Below you will find pictures from various adventures we've been on, as well as some artwork that I've done...

Some Artwork I've Done

I thought I would include some abstract-ish art of mine for your viewing pleasure (or displeasure, depending).  In this day and age, it's hard to say that anything is unique and different... but I think this stuff might just be.  Pro/Engineer 3D CAD software with a little "creative tweaking", some Photoshop filter play, too much coffee, the strange voices in my head... mix it all in with a little lack of sleep and a pinch of the mysteries of the cosmos, and you have "Abstract Interpretations of the Human Mind"...

The above images were all created using Pro/Engineer.  I'm a design engineer (mechanical), so I use this stuff every day for normal designing.  One day, I started to mess around with some of the settings to see what would happen.   Well... interesting things happened, to say the least :)  I really enjoy creating these things.  They are so... abstract I guess.  And when I make them, I don't have any idea what it's going to end up looking like... where I'm going to end up.  The image just develops as I go along.  This makes it extremely interesting to me, because I think I'm tapping into a level of my subconscious or something... I move something a certain way, it pleases my eye, and I continue in that direction... or the opposite happens and I go in a different direction.  Looking at these, I think they actually represent a reflection of my mood... or thoughts... or feelings... at the time the image was created.

Man... I think about this stuff WAY too much :)
  

Miscellaneous Pictures

The above pictures are some of the amazing scenery that Evelyn and I got to see on our epic drive from California to Texas... the drive that brought her here to Texas for good... a drive I am quite happy I made :)  I flew out to California one-way on May 16th, and then drove back with her in her car... just us, the little U-Haul trailer, and 1,500 miles of open road.  What a trip that was!  We sure did have fun though :)

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These pictures were taken in Vallarta, Mexico during Christmas/New Years 1999.  The above row left three pictures at a really cool restaurant called Chico's Paradise.  The other pic in the top row was taken while driving down the coast, and the whole bottom row some epic sunsets taken at the beach.

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From the left: The first two pictures were taken on a business trip I took to Germany... the first one was from the plane (obviously :), and the second is of a really cool statue fountain thing in downtown Düsseldorf.  The second pair of pictures are of beautiful sunsets taken right off my balcony at home.  The Texas skies sure can be beautiful sometimes :)  The last three pictures are of my very first time ever on a horse :)  Taken at Texas Lil's Dude Ranch October 2000.

From the left: The first pic was taken on the drive between Daytona Beach and Tampa, FL.  That's Tampa off in the distance.  Next pic is a nice one of the Chevelle I had for the first year I lived in Texas.  I sold it at the beginning of 2000, but it went to a good home.  The next pic is a beautiful sky picture taken at Black Point Wildlife Drive Near Orlando, FL.  The last three pictures were taken at the Fort Worth Nature Reserve.  I'm amazed the butterfly picture came out as good as it did... this camera makes me look good :P  The Spider picture was a surprise too, just like the deer was mildly surprised at the human trying to take it's picture :)