I started formal art school in the 10th grade. After finishing all my schooling, I worked as a commercial artist. Back then computers were kept on a separate floor than the artists offices and were 6' tall with spinning things on the front!! We had no idea how they got our work in there, and we didn’t know we had to care!!! ;-D Also, a little note here... ...WAY BACK then we thought there was no need for an artist to type!! HA!!! I left for what I thought would be a few years, to raise my kids and;... ...you all KNOW what happened to the business! So, Everything Computer I’ve learned since, has been self taught. Most recently web design, and image animation. Though, hands on arts and crafting, for ME... ...is LIFETIME! I’ve been riding Harley Davidson Motorcycles with, and married almost 30 yrs. to, my VERY Best Friend!! We have 4 kids, 20-28 yrs old, who ALL have really great “Significant Others”, who I LOVE like my Own! There are 3 Grandkids, 2-5yrs. old. And My SPECIAL Babies, “Gizmo’, a Japanese Chin and "Heaven", a Cavalier King Charles that we adore. And the ONLY machine that’s EVER LOVED Me, a Butt Kickin’, Bright RED, ‘64 Pontiac Lemans Convertable, that feels like family to me. Needless to say, I’ve been a starving artist/ bartender, (which I do LOVE too) ever since. And, I haven’t been able to do something creative for a living since I had my kids. A little here and there but, not enough to pay the bills. It IS my dream someday though!! MAYBE, even, if I'm LUCKY... to TEACH!! Contact me to purchase my works or for information about scheduling Commissioned pieces! Well, that’s about ME, “in a nutshell”! And MAYBE more typing than I can stand for the day!! Please, Stop by and visit me at... http://www.tailcast.com/profile/TheMagicBartender http://www.myspace.com/the_magic_bartender ...to learn much MORE!!! `*>~[