When I was presented with my first "oil painting by numbers" set, I left the walls alone. My dad and I would paint for what seemed like hours. I loved the smell of the oil paint. I loved swirling my small paint brush in the small bucket like paint holders. And I loved applying the different colors to the numbers on the board.

I attended The High School of Art and Design in NYC. It was there that I discovered acrylic painting; I started to sign my work using my family nickname "Toota" (that's another story), and I haven't looked back!