I was born in Long Island, New York but have spent most of my life in rural Pennsylvania. Just after High School I moved to Pittsburgh to attend the Art Institute for their Music Video program. It was there that my appreciation of art truly began. While I sketched and doodled from time to time I never viewed it much more than a hobby and never pursued it any further. Flash forward about 20 or so years to the Autumn of 2009. I was diagnosed with cancer. It was the biggest shock of my life. Christmas-Eve of that year I spent 8...more
