SAWUBONA,UNJANI? 
                
         A traditional Zulu greeting to you as you enter my VCL archive, I welcome you here and invite you to
  take a little look around. I do mainly pencil artwork but from time to time you will find some in color,
  (watercolor pencils and other mediums as I explore them.) Below is a brief overview of my artistic history. 

  1.) EARLY YEARS .....  
 
         I have been drawing all of my life, since I was old enough to scribble on the walls as a toddler. In the
  early years I was influenced by "Kimba the White Lion" as my introduction to furry. I was also influenced by 
  Disney's Robin Hood the animated movie, ( as a lot of people were who saw it at an early age in theatres.) In 
  school I loved to draw and consistantly got good marks in art classes. Then in high school I took a year of 
  Industrial Ed. to add to my growing skills. I learned how to present buildings and structures with an emphasis
  on detail and perspective. My teacher at that time , Mr. Stacey once told us a motto of which I live and base 
  my artwork on. 
                    " If you don't show it, they won't know it. "  

  2.) IMPROVING AMID TURMIOL ..... 

        I had to quit for a few years due to family troubles and I moved around like a tumbleweed through most of
  the early 1980's. In the mid 1980's when Kimba was rerun my furry side was revived, this was in 1985. I found a
  stable place to live and started developing my furry artwork. I drew buildings as well, trains, planes, some 
  landscapes, ships as well to continue developing my technical side. 

  
  3.) A DIRECTION AND IMPROVEMENT.....  
               
              Through the late 1980's and early 1990's I did furry artwork until moving to my present residence.
  By the mid 1990's my artwork was improving dramatically, then in 1995 I started doing historic railway art. By
  the late 1990's I was doing shows and to this day have now done well over two dozen art showings in my area. I 
  have been mentored by very well known artists and have even met Robert Bateman. 

  4.) ONLINE AND FURRY..... 
                          
            In the summer of 2000 I got a computer and came online, discovering a whole new world of possibility
  with the communication it afforded. So I started making contacts, going in chat rooms and then getting in here
  to display some of my artwork. I got in touch with people like Dark Natasha and others to a lesser extent. I 
  like to talk to the best so that I can be pushed by them to be the best that I can be. I have been well 
  received so far and wish to thank everyone who has encouraged me for their support. 

   * If there is anything in here that perks up your interest, artwork, stories, etc.... then E Mail me. *  

    NOTE - Aertist@yahoo.com  NO LONGER WORKS! as I have deleted that account.

    ALL E Mails to be sent to -   lopehyena at yahoo dot ca   ( anti spam writing ).  

                                                                     SALA KAHLE  ( A Zulu goodbye.)