He studied forestry in college, and has been a science teacher for fifteen years. I grew up on a farm, so things were in the pond, in the creek, in the woods, in the field. I always liked identifying things. Now I teach science for first to fifth graders. I'm really into natural history sciences.
Kids love it.
They love animals and insects and that kind of stuff. I always liked to draw. I never took formal art training, but scientific illustration was good practice. If you're doing scientific illustration, it really has to be right. You can't put the wrong number of dots on a ladybug . . . .