Grumpy grew up in NE Ohio and and has a mother who decided that they would be an artist at age two. Forced to study realist painting when Grumpy wanted to play guitar, they got real good at oil painting. After a bad marriage, Grumpy moved to Illinois where they fullfilled their dream of playing guitar in smoke filled bars while drunken men spilled beer on them. Grumpy moved to Washington state and found that all the songs they had written are now out of date. They then took some courses in art in Community Colleges. After a respirtatory bout, Grumpy decided they could not sing any more and stoped playing out. They now work on art. Grumpy currently thinks that Mom was right and should have listened. Grump. Grump. Grump...