Born in Hendon, Sussex, UK during the blitz. Lived in Switzerland, Germany, France and Redneck Texas. Went to high school in Redneck, Texas. Had a crazed father who loved opera, a transvestite uncle who worked for Ringling Brother, an uncle who was a well known silk screen artist and etcher from NO. I drew cartoons for various papers off an on getting into trouble, Lived for a time in Mexico and painted water colors there by the 100's