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All the way back to elementary school in about 2nd grade, Larry had a passion for Art when he made a finger painting of a crab. "I loved that image and I didn't fully understand why I couldn't keep it.". "My mom said it would attract ants."

The medium wasn't tempera paint or even some form of acrylic, it was chocolate pudding.

Onward and upward through grades 6th, 7th and 8th Larry excelled at Art, becoming a student of the Gifted and Talented program. It was in High School where he started seriously honing his skills, though. Filling his school days with as much Art classes as he academically could, under teachers Cobb and Irwin.

Just one Summer before college his friend and fellow artist from high school, Shawn Kenney, introduced him to an airbrushing gig in Ocean City, NJ. It was here that Larry developed an almost guerrilla-esque technique to his work as he and his airbrushing co-workers spat out airbrushed images on almost every surface imaginable for the image hungry throngs of boardwalkers and beachgoers.

For the next 4 years, Larry lived on a healthy diet of Illustration and Design from the professors at Hussian College of Art and adding paying extracurricular art jobs as they presented themselves. Leaving Hussian eager and optimistic, he was soon dealt a figurative left hook and an uppercut when he discovered that Artists' jobs around the time of his graduation, were few and far between. With a lot of people owning computers that come with elementary page-layout programs, everybody and their mother's brother felt that they could "do Artsy stuff too". So, the market became flooded with people that learned how to copy, cut & paste but that was the extent of their creativity.

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Finding work as a full-time graphic artist, supplementing his income with freelance jobs and playing bass in a few local cover bands, things seemed to be running along smoothly. The key word there is "seemed". As it turns out, Larry was heir to to a condition that his predecessors exhibited symptoms of well into their golden years. That condition is Parkinson's Disease. To learn about the disease, follow that link.

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Though signs of the disease started to show when he was only 27 years old, Larry was professionally diagnosed as having Young Onset Parkinson's Disease (YOPD) at 33 years of age. At about age 39 he began developing Dystonia

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After having 2 rounds of Deep Brain Stimulation, one bi-lateral set in the STN region of the brain and one bi-lateral set in the GPi both to help mitigate the symptoms of PD and Dystonia, things are just about leveled out. He still has balancing issues and over supinates with his right foot but thankfully he has a scooter to get around. Because of the 2 surgeries, he still has control of his hands so he can continue to create the images he has on this site.

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He is also thankful for the huge help and support, from his family & friends that he continues to receive.