Roxanne Grooms received her BA in Fine Arts with concentration in drawing and painting at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

“After high school I took a job in the military as an illustrator, illustrating training handbooks of maps, uniforms, ranks and insignias for US Army troops in the field. I used my GI Bill and started my education at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I studied and learned from faculty members, Herman Somberg (from the ‘Cedar Bar-Franz Kline’ days) as well as Victor Caglioti, Tom Rose,Tom Lane, Jody Williams, George Creamer and Andrew Leicester, to name a few.” –Grooms