Since he was a small child Bill knew that all he really wanted to do in this world was to be an artist. The earliest serious influence in his art education was Ms. Parker in the 3rd grade. She inculcated that art must be somehow different and original, like a Christmas card drawn only with X's in different colored pencils. He attended the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum Saturday morning art class before graduating highschool in Ludlow Massachusetts. He learned to appreciate classical academic art of the the museum as well as Chinese sculpture, ceramics, armor and funriture. During the...