"Texas Young Master"

Michael Anthony Paglia (18 years old) is a senior at Churchill High School, San Antonio, Texas,. He was born in Florida, then spent 14 years in Pennsylvania before coming to Texas with his family in 2003.

Michael won First Place in the Middle School Division of the Parks and Recreation's 2004 "Fiesta in San Antonio" Student Art Contest. Later that year his Christmas drawing was selected out of 1,080 entries as the 2004 Official "Christmas Card of San Antonio".

In March, 2005 his "Grande Finale" was selected from nearly 1,000 entries as the Overall Winner of the Parks and Recreation's 2005 "Fiesta in San Antonio" Student Art Contest.

In March, 2006 he was inducted by the Texas Commission on the Arts into their prestigious "Texas Young Masters Program."

In August, 2006, Michael received notification that he placed First Overall in the "Texas Anti-Gang Poster Contest."

Michael Anthony, who has been drawing since age three, also designs and draws his own line of greeting cards. He works with pencil, ink, Prisma color pencils and markers, and acrylic and oil paints. After completing high school he hopes to attend one of the country's leading art institutes in preparation for a career as a professional artist and film maker.