>> I chose Temple because I grew up in a small rural town in Ohio
and by doing some research I learned that here was this school,
Tyler in Philadelphia that had a very good reputation.
The real carrot for me was the junior year in Rome, and that's when I said okay now I'm going.
Now I'm going to Tyler.
After graduation I spent really most of time doing commercial work.
I did a lot of logo design, graphic work for companies, anything that I could do.
And then I started doing portraits on commission, water color portraits
of people's children which turned into paintings of adults, career people,
politicians, and it expanded from there.
And eventually I could then start doing my own work.
So I really don't do any commercial work anymore; I had the good fortune
that I'm able to do my own work now.