I was born and raised in Ohio and came to California as a younger person. I grew up drawing with pencil, then later with charcoal on paper....it just seemed natural....never thought about being an artist. It was self gratifying. As a young adult I gravitated to color medium. I dabbled in oil while teaching myself. In a subtle way I realized I had a gift for art but but there was no one to mentor me. Consequently, I developed as an artist some what late in life. After a few more years of continuing to entertain myself, a...more
