| About Me |
| A little about me! My name is Brandon Hitchcock. I live in the town I grew up in. Where everybody knows everybody. Friends you went to school with have kids that go to school with your own kids. I am 35 years old. I am happily married to my wife Kimberly. We have two children. My 11 year old daughter Megan Rose, from a previous marriage and my 2 year old daughter Braelie Jo who is a fireball! I work for Sunoco Chemicals in Haverhill, OH. I am a chemical operator. I have worked for Sunoco for over 11 years. I have always been interested in art. When I was very small, my Grandpa would sit with me at the kitchen table and teach me how to draw. As far as I know, no one else in my family has the artistic skills that I have. So I like to say I inherited it from my Grandpa Earl Hitchcock. All through grade school, middle school, and high school I realized more the skills I had been blessed with. I wished to continue my education at the University of Cincinnati. I thought I wanted to be an architect. Long story short, I didn't go. I bottled up my artistic abilities and didn't use them again. I then entered the work force. A few years later, a friend got me into waterfowl hunting. We went goose hunting. My first goose was a huge Canadian. He said I should get it mounted. I had never thought of this before and was very interested. We took the goose to a local taxidermist. As soon as I walked through the door, I was hooked. He took me under his wing for a while and I learned the basics. I bought some VHS tapes on taxidermy. Bought some books, got me some catalogs and I was off and running! I haven't looked back. I have now been in business since 1996. Taxidermy has been my way of getting this artistic energy out of me. I continue my education by going to taxidermy seminars and buying training DVD's. Someone always has a better way of doing something. There's always time to learn! I thank the Lord daily for the blessings and experiences he has given me. It made me who I am today! |