My name is James L. Foster or Jim as my friends call me. I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. At the very early age of 5, I had an ever increasing passion for drawing. This continued into my teens where my focus became portraiture in oils on canvas and a need to capture the true personality of my subjects and not just the facial features. This focus has carried on into my adulthood. I have always been involved in the arts as a portrait artist, photographer and even as a musician. Self taught, I have always had a...more