I have been an artist my entire life and have been teaching art for nearly as long! I always knew I would be an artist and teaching art was inevitable. I learned from the best and was immersed in all facets of art and media. I started my professional art career at the age of twelve when I sold a commissioned portrait of a German Shepherd. My first teaching experience was in college when the other students couldn't understand the assignment, so I would take over the class to give a more simplified explanation of it. That is my Super Power...explaining things simply.