Cody Messick

I have always loved to draw. When I was a kid I use to draw on my school work. I guess I thought the teachers would say "Hey, that is a good drawing." But thats not what happened. The teachers would say "don't be drawing all over your school work" and then I would get red marks on my paper to go along with it. As a young man, life kind of takes over, working and rasing kids, etc., and there wasn't as munch time for art. However, over the years I did do some art. I have done 5 murals in an Oklahoma State building as well as several other places. I worked at a furniture company for a while. I did many custom finishes and matched new pieces to old ones, etc. I have also painted many high end custom kitchens.
As a kid I lived on a cattle ranch in S.E. Oklahoma . I was very young and spent all day in the woods winter and summer. There is not much prettier then snow covered woods. This gave me a great love for the outdoors. I even lived on Tenkiller lake for a few years back then. Those are my fondest childhood memories. I have a place on that same lake today. I used to go back packing and kayaking by myself with a sketch pad and a camera. Now I paint, more then I did back then, since I have gotten older. But the love for the outdoor...

Mostly, I am self taught but have taken some Art classes Etc.