If you had asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always to be a veterinarian. I loved animals more than anything else in the world and wanted to spend my life taking care of them. My plans were derailed, as plans often are, when I was in high school. In those few years of struggle I found my way to art and looking back now, I see the blessing of taking this path. My heart is far too tender to deal with much of what a veterinarian sees. Through art I can still realize my dreams of helping animals as 10 percent of all my profits are...more
