John Richard Cummings was born November 22, 1951 In Akron, Ohio. Art has been and still is a very important part of his life. Over the course of time, he has studied composition art, which included a variety of subject matter - wildlife, still life, and people - under Jack Richard and studied anatomy art under Dino Massoroni. Cummings also studied Wildlife art with Mark Moser, and Still life with Ken Pledger. His natural gift for the arts combined with the skills he has acquired from his teachers and other artistic minds have given him an amazing ability to capture mood,...more