Artist's Musings

My Story

My Story

My story My story is this. I grew up in Edison, N.J., in the '50s & '60s. My mother did some of everything for income, from being the 1st woman school bus driver in N.J. to selling real estate. My dad, Kip Sheppard, was a freelance commercial artist working in his...

Artistic License

Artistic License

Artistic License What’s an Artistic License, you ask? No, it’s not something you get at the DMV—though, in my case, it might have saved a few traffic tickets. In 2003, I was awarded this whimsical yet deeply meaningful certificate from the International Academy of...