I've always loved to draw. My mother knew she could keep me quiet in church by giving me a pad and pencil during the sermons! Recognizing that I had talent, my parents enrolled me in a private art school when I was about 9. I did a plaster sculpture of my version of 'The Thinker', which the school asked to keep for display. Though not drawn to sculpture, I excelled in art programs through the rest of my public education, further developing an eye for form, perspective, and detail. After attending the former Ridgewood School of Art which was in Ridgewood, New...more