Born David Henry/Lawrence Higgins in Madisonville Kentucky on the 10th of May in 1976--I currently reside in Cornwall, New York.
Initially trained in art and animation by my father Donald Norris Higgins (deceased as of April 2003) of Libby Montana (last residence of record).
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I was awarded for participation for submissions to the WALA arts festival in 1992 while attending G.A.T.E.S secondary school in Parkland, Washington and would graduate from Challenger High School in Spanaway, Washington at age 17 completing coursework 2 months prior to the end of the school year and my 18th birthday.
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I served briefly in the U.S. Navy from late 1994 to early 1995 stationed at Great Lakes Ill before returning home to Tacoma, Washington when discharged. I would then go on to enroll in Job Corps for vocational training as a building repairman from 1996 to 1997 near Astoria, Oregon. Including training in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, paint, plastering and grounds keeping (I love to diversify my skills rather than learn just one thing).
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I would spend a while in fields related to repair remodeling and construction until early 2001 when I decided to enroll in Chemeketa Community College to study teaching in Salem, Oregon. Again as was my habit I diversified my studies beyond minimum required coursework, and while many students took the Summers off I continued taking classes year round as a full time student studying art, science, and psychology on top of the required educational coursework. 5 credits stood between me and two Associates Degrees by the end of 2003, I instead settled for a single General Studies Associate.
In 2002 while attending college I also became legally certified as an ordained Deist minister (more to prove a point than to be one) officially holding the titles as Reverend and Minister David Higgins with the full authority to conduct wedding ceremonies as well as ordain ministers in the U.S. -- I still carries this authority and titles, but I am no saint.
I went on and decided to compete in 2001 in the Tough Man tournament which would aire in the Spring of 2002 on FX where an entire nation would get to see me have my ass handed to me in a matter of 45 seconds into the first round at the Salem Armory--this was the only "sanctioned" fight I was ever a participant of, many others wound up with me in hand cuffs (I told you, I am no saint).
The early business now called David Higgins' Alien Design™ was also started around the early part of 2002 as Greetings From Earth--based around my crude illustrations of alien beings struggling to understand the ways of humanity. I also sold artwork under that business name while still attending college by offering it to bidders in on line auctions selling only two pieces in 2002.
Also around this time I met my future fiance Lynn online--at the time it was just a friendship from separate coasts and we wouldn't actually start dating until 2006 when neither of us were actually seeing anyone else.
Later I would rename the business a number of times evolving from Greetings From Earth to Alien Concepts, to Alien Design Concepts Inc., to Alien Design to now calling it David Higgins' Alien Design™ or "DHAD" for short (My business only has to compete with a pharmaceutical drug using that same acronym now).
I then tried to continue at Portland State University of Portland, Oregon and attended 2 terms studying science and history 2003/2004 before dropping out to find regular employment--a recession is no place for a professional artist.
By 2007 I was also a twice published poet submitted through contests, though I cannot remember much about them nor find the examples beyond the one rough draft of one particular work I keep in my sketch book the works were decent. The first being while I resided in Montana in 1999 listening to the sounds of strange singing in the woods on a dark night--my pop explained that that was a noise made usually by some mountain lions, but it was in perfect pitch. The second written sometime at the end of 2006 of an angel ripping out it's wings feathers which would later be published in another book.
Only time will tell before I ever see the published results again, I don't read very much poertry.
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I am an independent artist, not affiliated nor owe any loyalty with any artists guilds, associations, unions, clubs, etc nor any dues or duties have I paid to any such organizations--I promote only the things I see fit to in an ethical manner. My artisan skills are varied and diverse I am a master of many of them through combined education, practice, and study. Though I hold no collegiate titles such as "Doctor" my skills and experience a artist are quite refined through many years of practical application and speak for themselves.
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I come from a family of skilled artists few of which have attempted to further develop their skills besides my oldest sister(in performing arts) and I (graphic arts, and writing), but all are equally talented including the two older sisters who went directly down the path of motherhood(and a personal pirsuit of craft work), our father encouraged the talent any way he could in us all.
