Stephen Price:  

Life Since leaving Akron in June of 1971, I have lived in 3 beautiful California locations; Laguna Beach, Cambria & Calabasas, and now 6 months on a 40 acre ranch in rural West El Paso de Robles, Adalaida vineyard region.. I am a fine artist, musician & composer and an inventor. But, I have also worked as an investigator and office manager for Westerly International, Inc., a private investigations corporation with clients including Rockwell International and ITT. I got married and divorced after 22 years in a true midlife crisis at the age of 44. No kids... Since my divorce I developed a new love of downhill skiing, play tennis, golf and even though I still ride mountain bikes I am no longer jumping them like I was in 1966-68. I feel pretty young for 56, exercise regularly, have been on a natural foods diet for 35 years, 'got all my hair and a 33 inch waistline'. After living here for 43 years I can say my dad was right about this place, there are 'crazy germs' in California! It is 65 outside this Easter weekend here on the Central California coast and life is grand. Samples of my art at FlatMagic.com and stepheneprice.com new big stuff. In December 2009 a curator from the Louvre Art Museum contacted me to document some of my trompe l'oeil paintings... a little validation from a long way off over the pond.. School Biggest Crush... Durrr... Tina Jensen and Gail Klausner Favorite teacher... Ms. Clayton my english teacher in 10th grade who convinced me I could do anything... even if no one else believed it. Would I do it all over... hmmmm Jeepers are you kidding, if I could do it all again I sure would have learned to reject the junk my parents laid on me ... learned to kiss a lot sooner... and not been so damn geeky, yikes it's frightening thinking about it. Still, I am glad I haven't grown up yet. I remember a really wild party at Willy Frances's house, where all of the jocks and jockbabes were drunk, watching stag films, smokin' dope and hooking up... and did I get involved... nope, too brainwashed by the judge... my dad. Kids and the things they do! Really dumb and dumber... setting hydrogen sulfide stink bombs off in the cafeteria. Gosh, today a Haz Mat team and CNN would show up. Dumber: at this moment the craziest thing I can remember is climbing to the top o...Expand for more