I first came across the notion of an art studio—a dedicated space for art making—very early on. I was an artsy kid from the get-go. Some kids want a puppy, or a bike, or a ball, instead, I bugged my parents for art classes and art materials every birthday and Christmas until my mother finally signed me up when I was 5. My teacher taught painting in her garage, but noting that I was more dedicated than any other kid, she invited me to private printmaking classes at her own studio. She was a master printmaker and her studio was an eye-opening paradise! She set me off on a lifelong creative path. As a reminder of those days, in my current studio I have a little etching I did back then and two color studies, when I felt I was an alchemist able to mix the whole rainbow with just the basic primary colors. However, early on I encountered the myth that red-blue-yellow mix all the colors, as anyone mixing red and blue and coming up with muddy purples knows, soon I realized what I needed was magenta!
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