I grew up in Floyd Virginia with an innate artistic talent and the ability to access my subconscious on a visual level that has fueled my imagination and driven me toward artistic aspirations, throughout my life. I drew, sketched and began painting with acrylic in high school, then discovered oil painting and found it to be not only the outlet I needed, but a way for my inner voice to whisper or sometimes quietly scream. To me it is the most forgiving medium there is. I have continued to paint or engage in some creative endeavor over the span of my whole life. Pursuing this...more
