Robert Wilson Photography & Art

I am a West Michigan photographer/artist who got my start at the age of 3. I would sit on my fathers lap and watch him draw fire trucks. Soon I would follow suit by trying to draw my own trucks. I took all the art classes I could in school from oil painting to pottery to jewelry making. I would quit school in the 11th grade (1975) to go to work. I would just dabble with my creative side until about 1990. I started doing more pen & ink sketches at this time, using photography as a reference tool. I decided to go back to school in 1995 to get my G.E.D and then enrolled at Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan as an Illustration major/sculpture minor. I worked full-time and went to school part-time. One of my required classes was photography 1 and I was hooked. I was to far along in my studies to change my major, but if I had to do it over again I would major in photography. I finally received my degree in 2006 with honors. My Dad never had the opportunity to see me get my diploma, but he would have been proud.