Darren’s love for artwork began at an early age when he started sketching the various bugs and animals he would drag into the house… much to his mother’s dismay.  He soon progressed to painting scantily clad women, which put her mind at ease.

Somewhere along the line, he was brainwashed into believing that being a doctor was a good idea; perhaps it was his mom’s revenge.  After doing four years hard time at the maximum security correctional facility known as Texas A&M, he managed to receive degrees in Biology and Psychology with a minor in dealing with institutional bureaucratic BS.  He was then wooed by the prospects of a life of ease and plenty promised by enrolling at Penn State Medical school, which he promptly declined for the much more interesting offer of being a starving artist. Read more …