My Grandfather was an artist. I really don't remember much about him, he passed away when I was very young. I have been told that he was working on several paintings when he died, my grandmother gave me some of those years ago, her idea was that I could complete them. I hope to someday do just that. I began painting a long time ago, when I was just a child. Mostly I found it a form of play, later my parents paid for me to take private lessons with a local artist when I was about 10 years old. When I was in college, I took formal classes in...more