I have lived in Western North Carolina from birth. I enjoyed art at a very early age. I have been mostly self taught with a little help from my first art teacher, Mrs. Vinning . She taught art at a private school and gave private art lessons at her home in the evenings. I was lucky she found a little talent in me and took me on. I took art with her about two years. Then later in life, around 30 years of age, I went to UNCA and took art, writing and anything else that I thought would enhance my art. I studied...more