After winning the illustrious first place award from the Nahant Elementary School Art Show, I put my paint brushes down when I was told 'You know, you can't make a living as an artist.' Fortunately, the impulse to create remained strong and was expressed professionally through the renovation of commercial and residential real estate, landscape design and photography. About five years ago the desire to paint was finally greater than my doubts. I took my first and only art class. The first assignment was to 'put two colors on the canvas and engage them in...more
