I’ve been an artist for a very long time. I have a Liberal Arts degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Master of Science and a variety of other graduate studies. I was a Doctoral Fellow for a while, but I got disgusted with academia. I just walked off and went to work in construction. I preferred working on a contract-project basis as a designer draftsman or project manager rather than dealing with galleries. I made lots of money and I could do my art with complete freedom. I’m retired now and spend all my time on my and studies. I’ll add to this later…