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I remember like it was yesterday - The little black box of PRANG watercolors I received at Christmas when I was seven started me on a lifelong love of art. Rendering the images of every comic book character I found furthered my art education. Then a magical experience happened! At the Jefferson Theater in downtown Beaumont, Texas, I saw Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Eagerly I awaited each new release through the years. At 12, I started an art notebook and bought my first oil paints. At 14, my Great Uncle, an architect, taught me how to draw houses and render them in Prismacolor pencils. Already caught up in the excitement of the cars of the era, I began to design my own "dream machines" influenced by the great auto illustrator Art Fitzpatrick. My career in electrical repair with Westinghouse kept me busy, but in 1983, I decided to do an acrylic painting of the Jefferson Theater as it was "back in the day." I picked my 12th birthday, March 29nd 1955. The microfilm library of the Beaumont Enterprise provided the name of the movie playing, Twist of Fate with Ginger Rogers. Using friends and family for models, I also included my Dad's DeSoto and my first car, a '41 Cadillac. The project was so much fun that I wanted to do another one. The old Pig Stand #10 was perfect! Through the years, using illustration techniques of Norman Rockwell and the color of Walt Disney, I have produced a series of MOMENTS to REMEMBER. Each of the sixteen scenes of theaters and drive-in restaurants depicts a specific day from my childhood! I continue painting today, usually creating small landscape scenes, and I always make prints of each original available on my website. I'm retired now and enjoy spending my time creating new works from around the local area, including the Big Thicket, the Gulf Coast, and even my own homestead. Spending time with my family is a top priority, and painting in my home-based studio helps me keep my priorities in order.