I grew up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. I had an interest in art as a child and would draw pictures in my school notebooks. When I went to college I majored in art, but later changed my major to music. Although I loved music, I regret not continuing my art studies. Many years later I started working at a frame shop in Florence, Alabama and took up my pursuit of art when I started painting in watercolors. I began taking photographs to use in watercolor paintings and soon discovered that i had a good eye for taking pictures so i pursued it. I...more