Hello! Thank you for visiting my profile! I am a freelance artist with over 12 years professional experience. I specialize in portrait painting of people and pets. I also do illustration and would be interested in getting involved with children's book illustration. Visit my website at www.hrkportraits.com to see examples of my work. I am a graduate of Illinois State University where I earned my Bachelor of Science in Fine Art. My area of specialization being painting and drawing. I now run my own portrait business. My work is primarily oil painting but I also do graphite (pencil) drawings and I am skilled in pastels as well. I have done numerous portraits for clients over the years as you can see on my webpage and I have works in New York, Colorado, Indiana and Pennsylvania to name a few places. You may contact me with any project you have in mind and we'll go from there! Thanks again and look forward to hearing from you!