I spent the first ten years of my life staring up at a looming castle with towers glowing against a black sky.  At the edge of a forest reaching from the base of the castle’s mountainous perch, a merciless dragon traps a winged horse as pale as the castle walls.  Dark trees frame the scene; the jagged lines of one trunk twist into a convoluted face staring from the wall right back into my room...
         I have a pair of quirky parents to thank for the elaborate mural painted on the wall of my childhood bedroom.  As I grew older, I began to appreciate the painting from a new, introspective perspective.  It represented a window into my imagination and inspired me from a young age to share what I saw through drawings and paintings of my own.  I have a picture of the mural sitting on my desk, but not once did I need to look back at it to describe the image planted permanently in my memory.  It reminds me of my primary goal in making art:  to share a story.

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