Marty Larkin brings Pens & Lens a smorgarsbord of experience in many different areas.

Originally from Oklahoma, Larkin has lived and worked in many parts of America including Kansas, Indiana, Colorado, Nevada, California and Illinois.

With art and music as his first passions, he branched out ("fell into," he says) a seemingly wide variety of areas, including the culinary arts, design, product development, tv production, events and event marketing.According to Larkin, "To me, once you understand music, cooking and how to put on a good show, most other creative projects aren't that tough to tackle."

Some projects and products Larkin has "tackled" include a cooking/music show, Halloween merchandise, a country-rock band, branded food products and a Hank Williams annual birthday party (get more info at RockNRollChef.com).