I was born in a small mountain town but spent most of my childhood in states surrounding Washington, D.C. I am now transplanted to the sunny state of Florida. Everyone in my family is an artist of one sort or another. My mother sang professionally for a bit and loved sketching and ceramic painting; my father is a scientific linguist, teacher, singer-songwriter and plays piano beautifully. My siblings all have artistic talent of one type or another. Ancestors who came and went before us all excelled at resourcefulness, a skill which is rooted in...more