As a child, I was fascinated with all forms of art. I did lots of drawing and still consider that to be the bases for any other art form I do. The first oil painting I can remember doing was a “paint by number” of Leonardo de Vinci’s “Last Supper” but I also remember doing my own painting on the back side of the canvas board with the little bits of paints leftover in the small numbered jars that came with the set.

I was fortunate to be able to attend Bishop Ward High School in Kansas City, Kansas which had a great art department with a number of different art classes available each semester. When my councilor would allow me, I would take a different art class in each open period.
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