Although my mother has informed me that I began drawing earlier, I remember drawing as early as age four. I was born in Elgin Illinoise and moved to north carolina with my family when I was age five. As a youngster, I remember drawing constantly in school and at home. Eventually, I did become interested in acedemics and earned my Bachelor Degree in Justice and Policy Studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. I have to admit , I took my artistic abilities for granted many years before becoming a committed full time artist. My greatest infuence as a child was the great drawings in my family's Bible by Gustave Doré.
