WIthout the help of those in my life I would NEVER come to the conclusion that I was indeed and artist. I grew up on the Menominee River next door to the very influential Earle Harvey, he was a politicaln cartoonist in some of the largest publications in the US ( which you would have never known meeting the man in person). My mother got me started at a young age doing stained glass art. I had a couple of art classes while in public school not to mention a couple of years in the school chior, church chior and drama club. I was involved in sports but I have always been more...more