I have been collecting statues of comic book characters for more than 28 years.  Occasionally I would receive statues or busts that were damaged during shipping and I would have to make the repairs and repaint them.  This evolved into custom painting pieces to my own standards and later developed into kit building.

 

In 2012, I decided to take an airbrush class at JerseyFestFair. Although I was happy with the work I was doing, I realized that I was self taught and I had been doing things the same way for over 15 years.  That also meant making the same mistakes for over 15 years.  Up until that point I had mainly used oil paints and in the class I learned how to work with acrylics, and also how to detail larger scale figures.

 

In January of 2013, I suffered a massive heart attack and during my recuperation at home, I had several painting marathons to help keep my sanity.  My skills developed and soon after I started painting for other collectors.

 

In February 2016, I was given the opportunity to do my first commercial paint job.  I was invited to work on an independent collaboration with sculptor Randy Bowen of Bowen Designs, and UFC Fighter Nathan Quarry.  This 1/6 scale statue is based on the book series Nathan Quarry: Zombie Cage Fighter. The prototypes that I painted were to be used for box art photography and paint masters for the factory.

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The official release of the kit version of the statue was at the 2016 JerseyFest Fair Convention.  In the photo to the Left: sculptor Randy Bowen, painter Chris R. Bormann, and comic creator Nathan Quarry.