Hi, PK here. I’m the Art Director at Everi’s Steady Hand Studios in Austin.

I’m an experienced leader in the gaming industry and multidisciplinary artist that can handle anything you throw at me, as long as it isn’t sharp.

If you want my list of qualifications, skills, and work experience, please take a gander at my resume.

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I live with my family in the Austin, Texas area, where you can usually find me hiking, swimming in rivers, or gardening with my daughter. I’ve traveled around the world, lived in China for few years, eaten lots of strange and wonderful things, and seen many adventures that I’m sure on some other dimensional timeline didn’t turn out as lucky as this one. Did I ever tell you about the troop of monkeys that chased my wife and I off of an island in Vietnam? In this life, I find I must have some good karma or something. I’ve been married to the girl of my dreams for 10 years, had a dog that was more human than most people, have a daughter that thinks I’m the “bestest daddy in the whole wide Austine“, and find myself doing well in my career. One hell of a ride so far.

I’m also a student of meditation, and I’m highly proficient in 2 of the 3  major schools of meditation techniques – Samatha and Vipassana. In 2018 I spent a year traveling the East and attending long meditation retreats:

• I studied Vipassana in the windy mountains of Udadumbara, Sri Lanka under the guidance of the Acharan Wijenayake;
• in the forested hills of Elle, Sri Lanka under Ven. Upali;
• in self-retreat at the legendary Temple of Enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India;
• and in Lumbini, Nepal in the tradition of Sayadaw Mahasi at the Panditarama Meditation Center with Sayadaw Vivekananda and Salaylay Daw Bhaddamanika.

All were life-altering experiences. For years, I facilitated a free weekly meditation group, where I led a 30 minute guided session, after which we read together and we have a group discussion on meditation. I hope one day soon to rejoin a local Sangha and get back to sitting in more earnest.