The first half of my story.
I was born in Philadelphia and would paint in our basement doing huge paintings in acrylic or whatever I found lying around. I was not encouraged to paint or go to art school. The Moore College of Art in Philadelphia was a “safe place to go” and I majored in art education. But, painting was in my heart, so I attended The Tyler School of Art taking graduate painting and sculpture courses and doing all sorts of exciting 3-D pieces and boxes with molded shapes and forms.