I was born in Columbus Ohio. My love of art began in early childhood and presume it was aquired through ancestry; my Great Grandfather was an aetist by profession and I have a few of his pieces of art. Although I wanted to be an artist, this was discouraged and studied nursing as a vocation. Nevertheless from childhood I was engaged in somekind of art endevoe which painting and various crafts. In highschool and college I continued to take every opportunity to paint and doing set decoration for various playes as a means to fulfill that desire for art. While...more