My First

I painted this when I was in the 4th grade. I was nine years old. Oliver Parson (Del and Leon's dad) lived in my ward for a few years and my mom arranged for him to give me art lessons. I would go over to his house and he and I would sit in his garage and paint. He was a quiet teacher. He would have something set up for me to paint when I got there, a still life or a picture ripped out of a magazine, he would give me his brushes and paint and just let let me go. If I needed help he just sort of pointed to the problems. That remains my favorite art class.