Here's a short list of 25 random things you may or may not know about me. I'm not sure who reads these things but I felt compelled to put it out there "just in case".
1) Both my mother and I almost died during my child birth. They brought in a priest to say "Last Rites" for us both

2) I'm left handed, was born with flat feet and my left eye is two toned. (half blue/half brown. I was the youngest of 4 kids. 2 brothers and a sister.

3) I was a child prodigy. My I.Q. has been recorded between 177 to 183 (according to which test you rely on).



4) I started drawing at the age of 3 by drawing a moose head and proclaimed I would be an artist by the age of 4. I started painting in oils by the age of 13


5) I use to sleep walk as a kid.
6) I saved my neighbor's life once from drowning when she fell into a ditch full of water when I was 8 years old.
7) I was "discovered" by a University professor of art in the 7th grade, where one of my drawings was used for his art classes. I would later be invited to attend art classes at the University of Texas in the 7th and 8th grades.

8) I was in a truck wreck where we hit a cow. Totaled the truck and killed the cow.
9) I once lived with a top less dancer named Miss Kitty when I was 20 and she was 28.
10) I hitch-hiked with a girl friend once from Austin Texas to Battle Creek Michigan. It took us 3 days to get there.

11) I play guitar and key board (both self taught) and also write music and lyrics.


12) I was in a motor cycle wreck once.
13) I was homeless once for 6 weeks and lived under a bridge.
14) I played with my brother's band when I lived out in California.

15) I road a train for 3 days once from Austin Texas to Seattle Washington and lived up there for a while.
16) My mother died in my arms after suffering a fatal heart attack and would die a second time 5 days later in the hospital on mother's day. I would write my comic book "Sophe and Spuds" within 30 days to deal with the stress.

17) I've been married twice, divorced once. No kids.
18) I worked as a docent for the San Antonio Museum of Art where I wrote and illustrated a book on Ancient Egypt for the docent program there.

19) To support myself during the leans times of my artist career, I have been a bill board painter, a jeweler, a construction worker,a cook,a dish washer, a cab driver, a warehouse manager, and a pizza delivery driver.
20) My brother died on his 40th birthday.
21) I would have neck surgery and my father would suffer a massive stroke the same day and end up in the same hospital on the same floor and I wouldn't find out until the next day. He would die 3 days later on Super Bowl Sunday of that year.
22) I use to be a cigarette smoker from high school until I had neck surgery. Now I don't smoke. And only drink on rare occasions. My favorite beverage now is coffee, tea or Dr.Pepper.
23) I've taught people how to draw and had an on going art class at a "Michael's Art's & Crafts" once.
24) I'm a big animal lover but I hate "crawly things". I have 5 dogs and 2 hamsters

25) My art has been seen world wide (literally) on my other website where it has been view by people in 75 countries across the globe.
