Eighteen years ago, when Bud and I started 
,
we made a conscious decision to devote our efforts to sharing
our knowledge as much as to selling our books. We continued this
in our print catalogs through 2005. Writing these biographies
was a logical extension of that philosophy. For the four years
(1997-2002) that I wrote biographies and ran the busines, it
was challenging, educational and fun, but, in the final tally,
more work than it was worth. I'd devoted an average of every
other weekend for four years to this project and I had hoped
that the biographies would generate interest in the books we
sold and result in increased sales. Sadly, this was not the case.
It was very difficult for me to leave these pages, but the need
to make a living was always there. The effort that I had focused
on these Illustrator pages was transferred to ImageS.
I had no time to write full biographies, but maintained the site
nonetheless. Also, please see "a special request"
below.
On November 30 of 2005, I retired from and
my time is again my own. I can't guarantee that I will spend
it writing new biographies, but the possibility is much greater
now than it has been for some time. I intend to continue publishing
ImageS
and if time allows, I'll post a new biography as the muse strikes.
July 2, 2006. The muse HAS struck! It's sad that it was prompted
by the death of the artist. And it was easily the hardest biography
I've done. Read about Alex Toth and find out why.
