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Notice: The below images are drawings which may represent the appearance of many people. Any
similarities may be purely coincidental.
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| Freehand Digital Composite Sketch |
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| (Murder Suspect, Apprehended) |
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| Monterey Herald |
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| Freehand Digital Composite Sketch |
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| Pencil Composite Sketch |
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| Pencil Composite Sketch |
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| (Robbery Suspect, Apprehended) |
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| Pencil Composite Sketch |
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Ironically, Neil's experience drawing composites made him into an accomplished portrait artist. The subtle nuances of facial expression, needed to complete "the look" of the criminal, found
it's way into Neil's portraits. Neil jokes, "But you have to be careful not to make a baby look like a bank robber.
That's not good."
Neil's offbeat sense of humor can find it's way into his art as seen in "For the Birds". This painting was inspired by time spent in a hammock in Hawaii. Neil wondered what
it might be like to wake up and be surrounded and scrutinized by the local clientelle.
Neil has spent the better part of his law enforcement carrer drawing bad guys (and girls)
from witness' verbal description; not by computer program, but with pencil and paper.
This painstaking lost art, that once nabbed Western desperados in the old west,
is still being used to this day. It's results can be very successful and have a direct affect on public safety.
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