I suppose that drawing developed at an early age. Before grade school, I would take pencil in hand, find a book from my mother’s shelf, and scrawl on the blank pages at the front and back of the book. This artistic progression continued until one day, in horror, she discovered that I was putting my incipient talents to work. My artistic progress was, alas, halted. Throughout elementary and secondary school, my fortunes were no better. There was no art program in Cordova Elementary School until after the year I finished the eighth grade; at Germantown High...more
