I grew up on the boards working in my fathers architecture firm, drafting, lettering schedules, and rendering. In the late 80's, I stole a couple of his old brushes and borrowed some 1-shot to stripe a couple brit bikes I had at the time. Got married, lost a bet and moved from Seattle to Eastern Montana and never picked up the brushes... Now our son is a teenager and mildy interested in the art form so no more excuses Great site, a wealth of information/inspiration and loads of talented artists.