https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/04/02/local-artists-launch-an-art-mentorship-network-for-all-ages/

Even if he didn’t have a word for it, as a toddler, Paul Richmond knew himself as an artist. So did his parents. It was they who identified a mentor for their child in Linda Regula, an artist in their Ohio neighborhood, who typically taught adults. Seeing something in his drawings, Regula took on the 4-year-old and worked with him weekly until he went off to Columbus College of Art and Design. Imagine.

In college, Richmond was expressive, outgoing, and full of ideas. Classmate Melissa Forman was quieter, more restrained, reflective. Yet both understood how to paint emotion. She was the overachiever in class. He admired that. They started painting murals together in the community and quickly built it into a business on behalf of schools, art galleries, community venues and private homes.