SERIOUS BRUSH WITH THE LAW –

March 13, 2021 – Lane said he cultivated and perfected his art by first creating miniature paintings that he would send from prison to his family.

“When you write letters, there’s not much to say after a while,” Lane said. “So I would just make these cards and I tell them ‘I love you’ or whatever.”

And then on Easter of 2007, Lane was baptized, which he says was the turning point in his life.

“The first seven years were just total awful,” Lane said. “Then I got saved and the last 10 years God got me ready for my work, I guess. I didn’t know what I was going to do when I got out. Life changed for me. I didn’t like it but I was able to deal with it and be content (in prison).”

He painted his first mural in prison and then was transferred to create murals at two other prisons once the wardens learned of Lane’s work.

Lane said those prison murals gave him experience and confidence to pursue as a business once he returned to society.

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