Two of my grandfathers had been artists, lifelong oil painters, so I was exposed to art very young. I've always been interested in it, although I never pursued it as a career or even as an avocation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at college. I worked in advertising for two years but didn't like it much, then began doing a bit of illustration work for various publishers.
I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do.
I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing.
I was always interested in photography and other forms of art.
I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.
I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect.
I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art.
I've been working in sculpture and painting since 1920.
I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.