I have always had a certain knack for art for as long as I remember. I was able to create my own separate world with a pen and a piece of paper. I think it was this early enthusiasm that made my parents enroll me in art programs from a very early age. That however didn't stop them to persuade me to seek a career in the medical field. Needless to say, my artist inside never gave in. During my 20 years of work as a dentist, I never had an office without an attached art studio for me to paint in during my breaks. Oil painting was the first...more