I wanted to live the lumberjack fantasy. Just like in the Jack London stories. ...this was in 1956 ...I'd been in Kingston working in construction for a couple of years. They said, go to Kirkland Lake- they need lumberjacks there. Kirkland Lake didn't need lumberjacks, but they did need miners in the Addison Gold Mine. So I went underground. I drew... as a kid... I loved to draw. My dad encouraged me a lot. In Kirkland Lake I went to the library and borrowed books on how to paint in oil. More...