Art has been a part of my life from a young age. I was first introduced to it as an alternative learning school in Northern New Jersey where my mother taught. This school emphasized expression and creativity. In combination, my father was a film, music, and sound editor in Manhattan. I bought my first Polaroid camera when I was young, later graduated to my father's 35 mm film cameras when I was in high school, and was self taught until college. I was always creating and making something. As a result, I am an artist who has never been content...more