Before retiring due to disability and taking up watercolor painting, Mike Shirk had a long career as an advertising copywriter. He has combined that ability with his newly developed watercolor skills to produce two brochures. "How Inclusion Body Myositis and Watercolor Painting Changed My Life" tells how Mike adapted to a crippling disease by finding a new passion that could survive the loss of mobility.

The other brochure, "Plein Air Watercolor From a Different Point of View" explains his philosophy and techniques for developing watercolor paintings on location. You will need Acrobat Reader (available free from Adobe) to view these brochures.