Drawing and painting have been obsessions of mine since the age of two when I drew Bert and Ernie and a host of other characters all over the furniture in my bedroom. The Walters Art Gallery became my favorite place to visit because of the beautiful art and mostly because of my fascination with armor and weapons. My mother would enroll me in various workshops at the Walters and it was the only time I actually had an attention span. Although I was in the gifted art program during my formative… more