I have always loved art and have been painting since I can remember. I have had no formal training. My Grandmother was an artist. And had won several awards in the area. As a child I would remember that she had a room in the back of her house where she painted. Every time we would go to her house. You could smell the paint and turpentine in the air. I loved it; the rest of the family could not stand the smell. In 1997 I did an oil painting of Roberto Clemente, and went through the long process of getting it...more