Blog entry - Hidden talent finally revealed.

I carry a gun for a living.  I'm tall.  I'm "macho" from the outside, at least I sometimes try to when I have to be.  So, I'm not supposed to have feelings or be artistic, right?  Sorry people, but I can't help it sometimes!

I love photography.  After discovering that I may actually have a hidden talent when a friend, who is also a professional photographer, viewed some of my work.  "You have a good eye for subject matter, but your composition needs work."  

"What's composition?"  Yep, that was my response.  I had no clue!  Fast forward a few years and I had gotten better.  I even had an opportunity to show Annie Leibovitz a portrait I took of my son once.  She actually lost her breath and said it was beautiful.  Yes, for real.  

My Dad is the artist of the family.  He's so good.  I finally thought I had discovered my equivalent of his talent.  The man can paint and draw like nobody's business.  I have trouble with stick figures.  But one day I was inspired to try oil painting.  Ok, truth be told, I was so messed up in the head from going through my divorce that I think I miraculously tapped into one of the genes that may have actually been passed to me unknowingly.  

I busted out a photo of a waterfall that I took in Indiana and decided, "I can paint that." And holy shit, I did.  I posted it above for your partial viewing pleasure.