Being an artist was always in the works for Kem. In fact, he can't recall a time when he wasn't drawing. As a student, every report card he received had notes from his teachers: "Kem would be a great student if he'd stop drawing in class." Somehow, miraculously, he managed to graduate in the upper third of his class and then moved on with his career in - yes, art.Born in Florence, South Carolina, and moving to Hanahan, South Carolina, at the age of four, he never stopped drawing. His greatest influences have been Walt Disney, Andrew Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Drew Struzan, and all of the great masters throughout history.