This book is about one person's improbable journey and the transformative role art has played during life's most difficult challenges. It is about a young child's initial love of art--painting--and his rediscovery of the power of art as an adult twenty years later, amid a global epidemic. The book chronicles the author's path from childhood through college and into the tech industry as a consultant. But no amount of success could have prepared the author for the personal devastation that would unfold through the 1990s and beyond. This book describes what happened during those trying times and, most critically, how the author turned to art as the instrumental tool in his search for meaning. The pages are about both artistic and personal mistakes as well as triumphs. The author provides insight behind the one-hundred-plus paintings presented here--why he chose to paint each painting and, in some cases, the detailed process behind his paintings. This book is indeed a unique autobiographical perspective into the mind and heart of an artist. Through his journey, you will understand the essential power of art.