I was born and raised in Germany by loving and artistic parents. Neither one of them was an artist, but both of them had many talents; my father more so than my mother. I was the oldest of three children, which was a slight pain since I was always the one that had to watch out for them. I learned fast how to boss them around and that was fun.

I started discovering the wonderful things that a pencil could do when I was three. I doodled and drew a lot and it did not take long before I discovered yet another wonderful tool: colored pencils. All this grew into being a great hobby and love for art. Needless to say I was good in that subject in school, way better than in any other subject. Who needed grammar or math? Not me. Boy, was I wrong. I learned the very hard way because I was extremely stubborn. - more