Ruined by injury. Saved by passion!
Mission: We create art to change lives and open minds! Many things we have seen on the silver screen have blown our mind's and widened our perspectives as to what is possible and so many things that we once thought impossible are now just a matter of hard work and compassion.
Influences: I started out with everything from Dino Riders and The Labyrenth to Radio Dramas of The Shadow and read many novels of Jules Vern. My teens were filled with dioramas from Star Wars, The Civil War and WWII. Ive made so many dioramas for fellow students and a Neuschwanstein Castle that wowed the masses. In my later years I discovered Starship Troopers and The Big Labowski and Fargo. But above all Ive been a lover ofRay Harryhausen's (stop-go animation titan of Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts) work.
Skills: Rail road layouts, mini painting, War-game terrains including but not limited to: drafting buildings including Hogwarts, mold making, plaster work, resins for water effects, rock carving(out of foam), stone and metal inlays on wood, and so many comprehensive layouts that I can cover any genre you can imagine. Well over 20 years of experience in the field of research and construction of dioramas and painter of alien worlds.
Personal life: As a child I was brought up with hard work and hard play. My dearly departed grandparents Eduardo and Toni Ramirez came from the depression and WWII era. In their home nothing was wasted, if you needed something done, you did it yourselves. I had many toys but not always what a kid wanted. My grand parents taught me to make what I wanted out of scraps and that nothing was impossible as long as you had scraps and a roll of duct tape! my Grand mother sewed many things and my grandfather was an all around handy man. My mother Elaine, gave me a love of music and my recently departed father was a hard working Landscaper who taught me to work hard and party hard. As an artist from way back when I've always been a huge research geek and have delved into the online and published records of so many artist that have wowed so many. that I'm constantly busy with projects from a grandiose model of Hogwarts which will cover a 4'X8' area, to making many individual smaller pieces for my hobby turned side business of war gaming to keep my mind busy during sleepless nights ravaged by pain
After a botched surgery I have spent the past many years in chronic pain, unable to do much of anything I searched for meaning. A stay at home dad with three wonderful sons. After going thru so much pain and loss of social life I have turned lemons into lemonade! and it is tasty!!!
