I was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 1, 1949. My father was a painter, sculptor, muralist there with my grandmother who was also a well known artist and interior decorator. They owned and operated a successful studio on Juniper Street in midtown Atlanta - 'Clay Boone Studios' . The studio was a large two story victorian house built right after the Civil War, and the rooms were converted into work rooms. I remember it being a busy place, smelling like turpentine and paint, people in and out all the time. My grandmother was well known and quite...more