Kansas City Artist Joseph R. Tomelleri graduated with an M.S. in Biology from Fort Hays State University (Hays, KS) in 1984. After working briefly as a botanist, Joe turned full time to illustration in 1986. Since that time, he has traveled more than 135,000 miles to collect live fishes for his scientific renderings. His 750+ illustrations have appeared in more than 200 publications, including 25 books, scores of magazines, advertisements, greeting cards, T-shirts, furniture, posters, trading cards, newspapers, and identification guides. We sincerely appreciate his willingness to allow us to now bring you his outstanding art on the World Wide Web. His art collection is displayed on his web site at http://americanfishes.com/about.htm. | 
