quote [ Born in Pittsburgh, PA, he was raised by his parents in both California and Nevada. "In 1971, I attended Orr Junior High School (Las Vegas, NV). As a young student I learned basic drawing and art's & crafts. In 1974, I attended Valley High School (Las Vegas, NV) and studied commercial design, oil painting, watercolor painting, drawing portraits, and making shapes in ceramics. My teachers were Mrs. McLaughlin and Mr. Parker. Both teachers encouraged me to try different mediums for use on my painting and drawing studies. Now that I think back on all that they tried to teach me, to this day I'm still using some of their methods. I thank both of my teachers and I thank god for having them too! I do not have a college degree. Therefore, after graduating from high school (at that point in time), I did a lot of studying on the artists that inspired me the most. The artists were: Dali, Frazetta, Vargas, Escher, and Picasso. I studied the way they made use of color, format, style, technique, subject matter, impact, consistency, and so on." ]