Since I have been in Texas for nearly 20 years, I now consider myself a Texan, but I was born and raised in South Africa and I moved to the US in 1990. I have been drawing since the age of 4. During high school I took art and learned to paint. Then I went to college and became a computer programmer. I sure did that for much too long! In 2009, I decided to quit my job to be a full-time artist. Since then I have completed more than 30 paintings. I am influenced by other artists such as Van Gogh and...more