I live in southern New Hampshire, an hour from the beaches and two hours from the White Mountain National Forest; two areas rich in landscape and seascape that any artist would love to frequent with a bag lunch, a paint box, a sketchpad, a couple canvases, and several hours of decent light... I've been an artist for over forty years and have been drawing ever since I can remember (starting with a clown in 'Magic Marker' under my parent's coffee table when I was four :) My greatest influences are New England's four beautiful seasons and the availability of the ocean, lakes, woods, cities, and rich...more