Erika

Yes the name comes in many forms. Just to explain here:

I am not sure of Mark Sibole; as I just looked at his site; beautiful astrophotos! but there is another exact Mark Seibold who is a horse shoe throwing champ in Indiana. I see his name come up in searches. When I was in the 5th grade, age 12, someone brought I think a Newsweek magazine to class; they asked if this 12 year old who looked a little like me was me in the article. It is not.

Also another Seibold, J Otto, is a graphics artist illustrator whose work has been on Nordstrom department store bags, childrens books and more.

Joseph Seibold is a shoe and sandal company in Germany. My name or similar versions may all be relatives of some distant ancestry. The name is out of Bavaria Germany as Seiboltsdorf (for "Seibold's Village" but originally Sebald from the 1200's century in Grmany) and seems to be the inception of many creative German artists.

Now I should follow up to describe to a newcomer who currently asks for advice in the Sketching Forum as to how to get started in sketching art.

Mark