Chava Silverman – I grew up in New York City where from a very young age I was constantly exposed to a world exploding with art, music, theater, film, and dance. My art-loving mother filled our home with prints of sun dappled Monet and Renoir landscapes, pulsating Van Gogh figures and portraits, Picasso distortions, and Gaugin’s faraway exotic lands. The works of these artists peopled my home and my imagination and they seemed an integral part of my most intimate family setting. I loved to color and draw from a very young age. I remember myself as a tiny tot...more