New member from Seattle

[Linda Brandon]

Originally Posted by Aaron Coberly

I am self taught and have reached the point that I am at now by going to sessions, reading books and scouring the internet.

Self-taught - wow! You are going about this in the right way and you have lots of energy in your paint handling with good draftsmanship skills as well. I really enjoy these, so keep posting, please.

[Sharon Knettell]

Love your work! Welcome.

They are sensitive and imaginitively designed.

I went to the Boston Museum School, learned nothing. I haunted libraries and museums to teach myself. This was pre-internet. It is a much easier now to get information.

Again, an enthusiastic welcome.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Hi Aaron, welcome! Wow, these are great paintings! I feel a certain kinship since I also taught myself to paint. I think the term "self-taught" is sometimes misunderstood because people take it to mean you have lived in an ivory tower and learned to paint somehow without ever absorbing information from other artists. But in fact, as you pointed out, it is quite the opposite.

I noticed that you are a concept artist for a computer gaming company (did I get that right?) and this interests me because my son has been talking about entering the world of computer game design in some capacity. He is quite a good artist and also enjoys composing music, so I'm not sure which direction he will go, but he's always pointing out the amazingly realistic animation (complete with 3-d moving light and shadows and reflections, etc., and I have to say it is intriguing, and quite an advance from the visuals from the games of 10 years ago.

That is great that you have organized life drawing sessions. It is clear that you are not content to sit still.

[Mary Sparrow]

Just beautiful! Welcome.