At What Age, And In What Point In Life Did Your True Love For Art/photography Begin?

At school I was always drawing and sketching, and I'd say the more you do a thing the better and more proficient you become.

I studied photography twice at two separate schools, but it didn't click til the second time around, and when it did I was hooked.

I remember trying to understand Van Gogh, but he kept defeating me until one day when I was in the library with a volume out of a series of painters, and suddenly I laughed because the magic hit me right between the eyes. A few years later I got to see some of the actual paintings and it was like it happened again.

Then there was a Kandinsky exhibition, which was beyond just abstract (or Fauvist abstract at least), and all these shapes were suspended in the space between dimensions, and drifting through the dimensions between spaces.

And then there was Paul Klee, and Cezanne, and Turner - and then a sudden avalanche of everything all at once, and it was great!

Middle school age. Shooting black and white and developing film - old school style - at a summer camp.

The desire to become an artist showed its smiley face when I was around seven years old. Even at that age I was already an avid reader, and very much enthralled with the art of comic books and newspaper comic strips.

Each day after school, when other children were outside playing, I was in my room copying by hand panel after panel of that wonderful artwork. During the process, I learned the basics of layout and anatomy. You might say my early art training resulted from emulating the skills of those talented comic artists.

When I was still crawling as a baby. I couldn't walk yet but I managed to pick up a pencil and start drawing... 😊

At about 15 months old I was on the other side of the lens. This was my shot for a special Woman's Day Mag cover.


About 5

Probably since 2nd grade...I would draw on everything. This is my history folder.



I do love history, but man was that teacher boring!

I did only a small amount of art in my youth, not much more than was required by school, though I did pick art/craft classes when I could. As an adult I did almost no art until I reached middle age, then all of a sudden I had a strong urge to study art and start drawing. I have no idea where that urge came from.

Since my memories don't go beyond age 5, I'd say at 5. My mom kept the little paper books I would make for her.

I was already deeply involved with "Fine Art" a number of years before this photo was taken

I liked drawing in elementary school, that's going way back to the 70's, and didn't do anything with it until May of 2013. It all started when I drew a dragon with a video game controller in a game called Forza Motorsport to be used as a car decal. Immediately after that I bought a computer program and haven't stopped drawing since. I think I've drawn every day since then. :)