I'm a painter, sculptor, writer and musician. I enjoy reading, cooking, running, yoga and Tai Chi. My fantasy stories involve the character Derby Joshua Clearwater Ripley who finds himself in the midst of intrigue and danger, revolving around the first story he wrote called The Children of Zol. The series is sort of like mirrors reflecting images down a long line of other reflections. Ideology, spirituality, philosophy, humor, cosmology and culture are all elements woven into the series.