As a young boy growing up on the west coast of Mexico, I soon realized I saw things differently than most boys my age. I saw beauty in everyday normal things that most did not see. I found out early that I liked creating things and could draw and paint things to look exactly like the original image. So I used any medium I could find to create art. At age eight I was selling my crafts and pictures to tourist on the beach, or giving them as gifts to friends and family. Even though I was young people saw worth in my art and this encouraged me to do...more