Morgan was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida where he started drawing and painting at age eight.  After college graduation, Morgan's business career took him to several locations in the United States where he followed his love of art through painting in his spare time.

Then in 1992, he and his wife Kristy embarked on a dream of owning their own business and pursuing his life-long love of art using themes from nature.  They raised cattle on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks and he continued to paint using many of the animals and much of the natural, local beauty as his subjects.  While there, they founded Double-R-Prints, a graphic arts company that used many of his original images on consumer products and business logos. 

He has shown his artwork continuously over his 50 year career, gaining recognition through art shows and sales.  Themes from nature continue to be the primary subjects of his paintings.  He believes nature cannot be improved upon, only depicted artistically in his own style.

Morgan brings the viewer special textural contrasts and color combinations not found in the subjects he depicts.  Working in his own variation of the "sgraffito" painting method, he scrapes multiple acrylic layers of various hues, producing exceedingly multi-colored images with tactile, as well as visual textures.

He and his wife now live in the Peoria, Illinois area.

Call 309-530-4731 for an appointment to see his other paintings or for pricing information. If you have any questions for the artist, you may contact him by e-mail at raines@telstar-online.net.