I am a Creative Expressions Artist...  And I draw., sketch,  paint,  photo edit, and  design all of my projects....  I am a Canadian Artist born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1961 to Aren Groen Sr. and Simona Oorschot of the Netherlands. I also have 2 older Sisters and one younger Brother. My Interest in getting into Various Creative Arts came from my family and from some of my relatives. When I was a boy, my Dad played awesome Guitar and Harmonica. He also built a few models also in my Youth. Also my Oldest Sister wrote some awesome poetry and my 2nd oldest sister was very skilled in various yarn crafts and Home Decorating as like my Mother. My Mother was my biggest role model and mentor when it came to Creative expressions and Possibility Thinking! She was also my closest friend who understood me more than anyone I ever knew in my life except for God! My Mother was into Woodworking arts, She was into String art, Driftwood Art, and Making costumes for porcelain dolls which she had collected well over 1000's of them! She was also a huge influence in my life when it came not only to Art and possibility thinking, She influenced my life in Music, Cooking, and Various Sports in Motion Arts. (eg., figure skating, dancing, gymnastics, movie musicals and acting.) As I became an adult, I watched my brother enter a career in acting and film making to which he has now 2 successful movies. I on the other hand am not only into Art, but I am into Music Projects, I write songs, I play Guitar, Keyboard, and Piano. I am also an Entrepreneur interested in Online Marketing, I am currently working on a Book about my 2 Heavenly Visits Dreams. I am into online marketing, and I am into  building websites. I am also starting a Christian Ministry, and I also am into Photo Editing. So you see that Art and Creative Expressions runs in my family! On my relative side, My grandfather of my mother's side was a writer, and I have Relatives from North Bay who run a Cottage resort which they had fixed up and their kids now run, allowing my aunt to get into Pottery Art and Marketing for a living! She too is a huge influence in my life that inspired me to become independant in making a living. When I was a boy, I too wanted to become an entrepreneur and succeed in Music, Art and Marketing. As I got older, I preferred to do this all online and for myself..., Of course as money had always been an issue all my life and having to depend on dead end jobs all my life, I decided it was time to change direction. In 1991 I moved to the States. I lived in California in the early 90's to try to succeed in music and business, and I lived in Nashville in the early 2000's to try to succeed in songwriting and music. Unfortunately I ran into many snags in my stay there because I had no help or chance to make it there! Finances and lack of income also kept me from getting anywhere with my dreams and goals there too! Also a Bad Marriage and loosing all my possessions led me to decide to come back to Canada in the fall of 2004. Most of my life I had done Manufacturing Jobs that were only temporary and put me in serious poverty many times. I always believed you should be real about who you are and not be ashamed of it. And not to worry about what others are gonna say about your dreams and goals because they will not pay your bills for you! I needed to get into something that would allow me to bootstrap my life and dreams into Success. At the time when I  Started art! I believed Art might be my only Chance now! So one day I was at a Community Drop In and I noticed people painting and drawing, It was a big room with lots of supplies and material but not many people in this class so I walked in and enquired about how I can participate. The Coordinator asked me what would I like to do! I saw Pencils and Huge Paper and I sat down and started to draw whatever I wanted to. It was nice that I didn't have to pay for the use of these supplies, Just to use them and share them with others there! I decided on Drawing something to do with Outdoors and Camping. Now after being involved for about 1 month with this group session, I was informed of an auction to raise money for a Charity! My First Drawing was entered! It raised $75.00 and I got to keep $50.00. and that made up my mind to use Art as a way to bootstrap my life into a profitable career! Now my goal is to get my art to make me a great living and to bootstrap me and get me into other things I want to do Entrepreneurially!