Jim first started working with metal as a teenager in the late 60's while rebuilding a '49 Harley 45 cubic inch Flathead. His love of art moved him into paints shortly thereafter. Which lead him to custom painting on cars and motorcycles. It made sense to him to take an impersonal machine and give it some decoration and personality. During this same time frame he learned music and now performs for fun and stress relief.

Retiring from a successful career in the computer industry has allowed his creative juices to flow again. He stills likes working with cars, motorcycles, and metal, which translates to his enjoyment for metal sculpting.

The female figure metal works start out as a sketch using a live girl as a model. The modeling sessions last approximately four hours each and it generally takes three working sketches to get a single production sketch that can be successfully translated into a finished wire frame piece.

Using live models assists in getting correct proportions and allows the model to be moved to get accurate angles and facial features. Also, being able to move her allows for a pose that will be a good fit for a wire frame and can compensate for not being able to use shading. Models also quickly become good at getting into poses that are comfortable which translates into a relaxed and natural finished work.