Vincent was born in Western Kentucky.  He has lived across from a farm in rural Kentucky, in the mountains of Pennsylvania, 5 minutes from the city of Louisville, KY~ in Southern Indiana, in one of the ‘Top 10 Places to Live in the U.S.’~Sioux Falls, S.D., next to a cotton field in Northern Alabama, in the blue collar town of Canastota, N.Y.,

and currently resides in the white collar town of Manlius, N.Y.

He speaks basic German, plays violin and piano and composes on piano.  He currently studies music with Sharon Gustin at Gustin’s music studio in Canastota, N.Y.  He has had no formal art training.  He attends Monarch Rock Home School.  Vincent has donated his hair to Locks of Love two times.  He loves cats and adopted a cat he named “Pearl” from

The Sioux Falls Humane Society.  He’s a member of the Citizen’s Campaign for the Environment in Syracuse, N.Y. and he played the part of “Dr. Caius” in the 2007 Shakespeare for Kids summer camp in Syracuse, N.Y.

Vincent has been building with blocks since he was a year old!  He’s worked with all types of blocks; plastic, wooden, Legos, magnetic, and now he builds paper skyscrapers!  He has also worked with clay, finger paints, watercolors, and chalk.  When he was only 3 and ½ he was allowed to informally enter a painting he titled “The Fountain of Unicorn” in a Breast Cancer Awareness Art Contest in Louisville, KY.  At age 5 he was allowed to

display an 18X22 multimedia poster board in the children’s section of The Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, S.D.  He had been inspired by a Wassily Kandinsky  exhibition that was going on at the time.  He has the honor of being the featured artist for the month of March 2008 at The Rome Art and Community Center in Rome, NY.