This is an autobiography, and I promise to keep it to one page. I was born in a military hospital in Washington, DC, my dad, Stephen Bates was in the Marine Band a clarinet player, that is why we were in DC. My family is filled with artists, my sister, Jessica is a theater actress, my grandmother and great aunt were both painters, and my mother, Isabella teaches meditation. Growing up in Washington was a great way to be introduced to the art world, as a child my parents would take me to all of the great art museums, the National, the Corcoran, and especially the Phillips Collection where my...more
