Growing up in Dayton, Ohio, I was greatly influenced by the urban living environment, b&w television, family values and principles of living in close proximity of neighbors. Saturday mornings were spent taking art classes at the Dayton Art Institute learning drawing and painting fundamentals. After classes, I found myself walking to downtown and catching the trolley bus that would drop me off at my street in Walnut Hills. After our family relocated to Lebanon, during the summer of 1968, my perspectives drastically changed. Living in the tiny historical town was quite an...more
