"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Pablo Picasso
ABOUT THIS ARTIST...
My mother was a talented artist. She started me early on by giving me drawing materials and enrolling me in high school level classes at the age of nine. By middle school I was attending art college in Los Angeles and in high school, two summers at University of Alberta, Banff Campus.
After graduation from California College of the Arts I returned to L.A,. worked full time for a restaurant,* while in school studying advertising and marketing. It paid off.
After marrying and starting a family, I was introduced to decorative painting by my artist mother. We drew and painted side by side at her friend's restaurant. I knew that this was what I wanted to do, (as long as my body held out).
* I was about the only server in LA who was not waiting for casting calls.
After graduation from California College of the Arts I returned to L.A,. worked full time for a restaurant,* while in school studying advertising and marketing. It paid off.
After marrying and starting a family, I was introduced to decorative painting by my artist mother. We drew and painted side by side at her friend's restaurant. I knew that this was what I wanted to do, (as long as my body held out).
* I was about the only server in LA who was not waiting for casting calls.