ㅤI became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art. Art is a necessity-an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts. I had spent many years living with a plain piece of canvas just right on my face as a headboard for my bed. As the years passed by, I watched it slowly transforming into a work of art which still lives above my head. And that my friend, is truly living art. To live is to paint, it is to create; but while we are painting, we are being painted, being created as well!