My father, artist, actor, and author, Malcolm Sparky Watt, had an enormous influence on me and on my decision to pursue art as a career. It was his passing that inspired me to paint. Beginning when I was very young, I wanted to be an artist, to paint with my dad, to go on his trips to the Indian reservations, and experience The West as he did. According to him, when I was only four or five years old, I would frequently brag that when I grew up, I was going to be a great artist, like my dad! He did his best to make that happen and took us on many trips. In...more
