MP Graphics

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Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Illustrator
Location	Rochester, New York, United States
Introduction	I come from a long line of artists. My first lessons came from my grandmother before I was ten. It is from her that I learned to love expression through art. During my last two years of high school I decided that art was the career for me. I studied fine art at Asbury College in Wilmore Kentucky. I also decided, while there, to join the U.S. Army's Art Corp. It has existed since the first world war. It wasn't until I joined the army that I realized how hard it was to get into the art corp. In that time I was caught in the first wave of downsizing and found myself back in the civiiian world. After several years of trying to find my way I finally started trying to get my art work out there. I had some fits and starts but it wasn't until 2008 that I decided to try my hand at the "Writer and Illustrators of the Future" contest. Of the thousands of entrants I was one of the 12 winners of the 25th issue to have my artwork published. Since then I have moved to Rochester N.Y. In the past year I have been taking my time to get to know the artistic community here and to organize my plan of attack for my work here and world wide
Interests	Art, History, Writing, Teaching, Military, Hiking, Reading