I've been an artist since I was allowed to hold a pencil. My family lived in Italy and France when I was a child....and I remember it vividly.... and I feel like the artistry of those cities shaped my young mind into the artist that I am today. I have been a professional artist my entire adult life. I'm pretty practical.....I try to be accessible to a wide range of budgets for my original art. Art shouldn't be affordable only to the rich and famous...although, I have painted MANY murals for rich/famous celebrities in Hollywood...but in my book...all the people that...more