The Dispatch
Painting has been a part of Brian Edwards' life since he was a 9-year-old in Janet Griggs' classroom at Northwest Elementary.
From the day his fourth-grade teacher praised his drawing of a random face during a class art project, he was hooked on being creative. It might seem odd that a self-described Davidson County "country boy" who also loves to hunt and display his taxidermied trophies on his home's walls is passionate about drawing and painting. After all, the art world doesn't have too many camouflage-wearing painters who work at a major tobacco company.
While painting has been a love for most his life, it is not the only love, nor the strongest love he has experienced.