Littlebear is a self-styled mystic, freethinker, Expressionist, Outsider, drawing, recycling, scavenging, assemblaging, painter and sculptor.

Born on November 15, 1966, the artist was brought up behind "The Pine Curtain" of East Texas.

Littlebear is a native of and currently resides in Nacogdoches, the "Oldest Town in Texas."

For many years I have struggled with fibromyalgia and CFIDS. With help from several precious sources, I have been able to push through the pain and fatigue and have begun to actively make art again.

Chronic pain of the body changes the psyche. Things become more serious and less serious at the same time. Much of the work I've done over the past few years has been in mind and in Spirit rather than on canvas.

Just as my physical body has been transformed, so has my art. My work conveys physical and emotional pain, but it speaks just as loudly of the triumph of Spirit. The weakness of the flesh is temporary, the strength of Spirit endures.

I have traveled a dark road, with an injured soul, trapped in a body wracked with pain. I can not escape myself. In the end, none of us can. But if you look for it, there is always light in the darkness.

I have chosen not to let my illness take me out for the count. I have chosen to put my will and hard-headedness to adjust, overcome, and keep on plugging away at life and my work.

I am always working, alwaying watching for and listening to Inspiration, who speaks in that still, small voice, and sometimes in volumes flowing so quickly that I am hard pressed to keep up.

I work intuitively, emotionally, playfully. My concepts and themes arise from personal experience, observation, dreams, historic, current, and speculation on future events.

People and societies both fascinate and disturb me. As it has occurred through time, civilizations have covered over other civilizations, cultures over cultures. People assimilate and adapt, yet keep traditions and the familiar, even if it has to be kept underground and hidden or transformed into something new.

I am intrigued by order as well as chaos. Religions, folklore, languages, and symbolism interest me. I am in awe of the structure that has been worn smooth and warped by numbers of hand after hand touching it. I want to belong, yet I yearn to break free.

My passion comes from my desire to discover truth, to expand beyond limitations, to uncover illusion, and to inspire new ways of perception. My work is about transformation = the covering up of some things and the letting of others show, to reveal things in a new light.

Some of my favorite toys to work with = acrylic and spray paint, charcoal, found and salvaged objects, wood, wire, bottlecaps, jewelry, saw and razor blades, rust, water, sandpaper, words, codes, and symbols.