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Born and raised in Ithaca, New York, I started drawing and painting at a very young age and just never stopped.

Eager to explore the big wide world, I left Ithaca as soon as I graduated from high school. I traveled around the United States, as well as Europe and Mexico.

Eventually I settled down in Chicago, where I studied art at the University of Illinois and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the American Academy of Art.

I worked as a freelance graphic artist and had some cartoons published in the Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Reader.

I started drawing caricatures in the parks and on the street corners of Chicago. During the summer, the windy city is covered with festivals, street fairs and block parties.

In 1997, I joined the caricature crew at the Six Flags amusement park in Gurnee, IL, under the guidence of Gary Fasen. Gary was a pioneer in the field of caricature, who trained many great artists. He was a strong influence on me and I am very greatful for the opportunity to have worked with him.

When Navy Pier opened, I went to work for "Faces in Focus", a caricature stand down by the waterfront. Mmmm... I can still smell the hotdogs!

During the winter, we moved inside the mall. Wow! I sure drew a lot of funny faces in all those years at Navy Pier!

It wasn't too long before I figured out that there was less down time and more compensation in the party circuit. I did company picnics and holiday parties for everyone from Q101 to the Lincoln Park Zoo, as well as many sales seminars and children's birthdays.

The year was 1999, when I joined a professional association called the National Caricaturist Network. That's an organization of caricaturists from all over the world, and once a year, we throw a four-day party for ourselves. We stay up all night, swapping caricatures and tall tales. Sure we exaggerate a little, but what do you expect? We're caricaturists!

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