I live in Michigan. I'm Cherokee Indian, decent of the eastern clan. I define myself as collaboration of self-taught technique. This is my definition and thanks to the people who had taught me and encouraged me throughout my life. I started drawing at the age of 6, my grandmother used to sit me at her kitchen counter with paper and pencil; she would name things for me to draw. Though grade school I was given ribbons for many of my drawings, and painted for special school events. In high school my art teacher of 3 years pushed and encouraged...more