Biography
Born December 10th, 1969, in Sacramento, California, Chad Glass showed early signs of a talent for drawing. Born into a life of television, Chad’s art director father, Chris Glass, took him along on the weekends to the art department where learning and exploration were encouraged. From ages 3, 4, 5, 6 and beyond, while moving from California to Massachusetts, to Georgia, then back to California, a life in broadcasting influenced and shaped the way Chad approached his art, cultivating a sense of visual storytelling.
“Everything I’ve learned about storytelling I’ve learned from television storyboarding. Moreover, drawing has been the bridge across nearly every gap in my life,” says Chad. “Since there are only 7 basic stories that anyone could ever tell, it doesn’t matter where one learns to tell these stories as the structures are all the same whether you watch them on tv or read them in a book.”
Continuing to draw into adulthood, it only made sense he would need to keep doing it as a career: “I am most capable of only being an artist in this life. That is really all I could ever do well. I knew it from about age five, an inner knowing. It is a complex gift that enriches life yet can bring great sorrow. My curiosity tends to reveal beauty and also ugly things. But I’m grateful for it. I also write and play music.”
In 1999 he moved to Los Angeles from Marietta, Georgia and established a career as a storyboard artist in Hollywood. He continues to draw but today focuses more on drawing and painting in serving beauty instead of “industry.” He currently lives in Texas with his wife, Julie.
