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Autobiography  I was born in
Morristown, N.J. on January 29, 1971. The thought of doing art did not
enter my mind until 1979 when my parents were divorced and I was relocated to
Gothenburg, Sweden. It was during my time in Europe that I became
involved in the Hip Hop culture — the dancing, the music and especially
the art... that creative and unique genre known as graffiti art. Also
within this art scene, I became seriously involved in comic art and
illustration. In
1994 I graduated from Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL, and
received a BFA Degree in Illustration and a Minor in Computer Graphics.
It wasn't until I actually got into the field of commercial art that I realized
how demanding the field really was. Out of college, I first
found jobs doing murals, portraits and freelance illustration. I
eventually discovered that I had the ability, with my outgoing personality, to
combine my art skills with entertainment, finding opportunities to merge the
two doing caricatures at a variety of venues around the Tampa Bay area.
I began describing this type of work as "Art-tainment." Now a well-seasoned artist in
the field, I conduct my business as LarsERArts (Freelance Illustration
& Graphics), and All-Around-Art-tainment, through which I provide entertainment services for more than two dozen agencies. I have, over the years, established my own database of satisfied clientele. Working out of my own studio, I am available for just about anything within the field of art. Aside from business, I
enjoy movies, culinary arts, and especially spending time with my wife, Debbie,
and our son of 4 ½ years, Sean... and of course our hairy friend, Jordan — a Golden Irish Setter. |