As a youth, I was inspired to draw
by Jon Nagy’s, Learn to Draw, on
1950s TV, and by the illustrations of
Bill Mauldin’s, Up Front, a WWII
book my father, a veteran, gave to
me.
As a youth, I was captivated by
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and
other stories my dad read to my
brothers and me at bedtime.
As a youth, I was impressed by
the visual intensity of black and
white imagery, the people photog-
raphy of Matthew Brady.
As a youth (and as an adult these-
days), people will look at me in
wonder and say, “Where did you
learn to draw?” admitting that they
can’t draw a straight line with a
ruler. I am quick to acknowledge
that to this day I use a ruler to draw
my straight lines. Using that con-
venient tool was a natural for me.
As for all the rest, it has been acquired
with an innate passion for the arts, and
dedicated practice over time.
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Chris Hanch 9-21-2022
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