ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS- 
 

This collection of works actually took a lifetime to complete. Only I can know that my closest family members have sacrificed many, many things throughout my lifetime to get me where I am today. Their sacrifices included everything from “sacrificing” a “favorite pencil” to draw with as I sat in church at the age of three, to those closest to me “going without” while I was attending art school, to not having my time and attention when I thought that running a company was more important. The sacrifices from that pencil at the age of three to where I sit now in my life are countless. But not once did any one of them ever try to discourage me from taking my artistic path. 
 

I want you to know where the talent, determination and commitment originated. You need to know with whom you are dealing. I am a man, made early on in life by all those who surrounded me. Almost everyone that I have had contact with in my life has left his or her mark. I am glad that there were many more good ones than bad. They both teach. My family and friends have instilled the ethics of honesty and trust that I use everyday as an artist and a person. 
 

Lastly, I dedicate this art to my Children, Lindsay, Hillary and Dillon, each one so gifted and talented. Also to my wife, Leigh, who made life-altering moves that helped an art career elevate to another level. For it was they who sacrificed all that time and attention when I thought it was for a better future. Little did I know that the future was the next minute of each day when I could have, should have, but didn’t. Nevertheless, I know they love me and I just want them to be proud of me. It is they who inspire me to improve my art skills as well as me as a person. My children are by far my best creations ever. I thank God every day for them and all the others here as well as the ones who have gone before me, who made me what I am today. May God bless each and every one. 
 

--DK