I took several art classes in high school but did not continue those studies after graduation. Later as a Marine stationed in Iwakuni, Japan the beauty of the Asian landscape, especially when the Cherry Blossoms were blooming rekindled my interest in art. When I volunteered to build
chicken coops at some orphanages in the nearby mountains, I started doing Charcoal sketches of the villages and I purchased a camera with the goal of becoming a photographer. Those sketches and my first camera have disappeared and my pursuit of art took a backseat to career, marriage and...more