About Me
My name is Kevin Bentley I’m a 42 year old proud husband and father of two children. A girl & a boy and I create pastel portraits.
I have been drawing probably since I was 9 years old, drawing out of comic books and mad magazines. In elementary school I was always the one asked to draw this hero or that hero so after a while it got to were I could draw spiderman and the likes with out looking at the comic book.
As I got older in high school I would do portraits for schoolmates and my art teacher would scold me for just charging $25.00 for my work. I guess she saw my potential even though I didn’t, to me I was just someone who could draw a little. I never ever thought or even considered myself an artist, so I moved my price to $50.00 and Mrs. Grady (my art teacher) still got on me.
After finishing high school I worked various jobs and no matter where I worked once some found out I could draw and saw some of my work they would ask “Why are you working here instead of doing portraits?” I would always think to myself I’m no artist in my quote un quote mind of what an artist was, plus it was easier said than done.
It wasn’t until I worked a job where I went to the well to do homes and saw some of the portraits in there homes. Then I realized I could do just as well or better in some cases. I also thought maybe I am an artist . thus Bentley’s Portraits is founded.
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