I am a 23 yr old (24 in August!)I currently live in El Paso, TX (though i was born and raised in Coos Bay, OR), and share everything in my life with my neurotic cat Imhotep (Imo.. said ee-mo). I have been doing art since I was old enough to sit up straight, won my first art competition (k-12 grade) when i was five (i got second place for a mountain and meadow painting done in oils), and have been doing the same off and on since then. My father is also a professional artist (very famous on the west coast) my step mother is a professional photographer.. they own a gallery in oregon, show in many other parts of the world, and also give classes at the local art museum along with my twin sister (who is also artistically inclined). We are a scary art-crazed family.