I grew up in the great north woods of New York, with a pencil in my hand. My father inspired me to draw, I actually did a drawing exercise daily at 4 or 5 years old. Having early success I kept at it, through the "erase & redo" phase. I was doing "good likeness" pencil portraits by age 12. I think I drew every motorcycle in existence.   At 20 I moved to Santa Barbara, lived in a…