Born on June 27th, 1980 in San Juan , Puerto Rico , Carmine was the only son raised by a single Mother primarily in the Northeastern state of New Jersey . Through out his early years and into young adulthood, Carmine expressed his natural born talent of drawing , which later grew into painting. Though it wasn't until his late 20's, after a rough start into young adulthood left him in a broken marriage on the brink of divorce , lost in his life goals , addicted and almost homeless , He then chose to begin a new lifepath and set off on his own to become the artist he is today. Currently residing in the city of Denver, Colorado, He is a multi disciplined painter whose work has been regarded as "Highly Prolific" among his peers and ever-growing fanbase. With well over 10,000 plus paintings to be accredited under his name, Carmine definitely can sit back in retrospective wonder and feel an absolute sense of self accomplishment with his generous contribution to the art world thus far ; Perhaps consider an early retirement... Though He has no plans for pursuing such a thing anytime soon, In fact , He feels quite the opposite with believing that this his work up to this point is merely just the beginning phase of his career as a Modern Day Master of the Fine Arts, His life experience as a self taught student has been some heavy preparations indeed for paving the way towards "The Real Thing".