Acknowledgements Acknowledgements irst and foremost, a massive thank you goes out to my wife Janet. She has always encouraged and supported me. Even when I decided that writing a book would be no problem with a brand new baby in the house. And speaking of babies, a big hug and thank you goes out to our wonderful daughter Charlotte. Her mission thus far seems to be teaching the old man that there is much more to life than work. She is succeeding. Thanks to my mother for always being supportive in my pursuit of art. She always made sure that I received art supplies every year at Christmas. I imagine she plans to continue the tradition with her new granddaughter, hint hint. Thanks to Garrick Webster for writing the foreword to this book, and also for being the person responsible for turning me into a writer all those years ago. I'm glad that I know exactly who to blame for all F