Dennis R. Upkins was born and raised in
Nashville, TN.
Receiving an academic scholarship, he attended the
University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga where he received a
Bachelor of Arts in English.
He later relocated to
Atlanta, Ga.
and attended the
Art Institute of Atlanta where he received his
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts & Animation.
Currently Upkins serves as a college professor where he
teaches
computer animation as well as freelance
writer/artist/digital photographer.
His writing has appeared in Art&Prose
Magazine, the Dabbling Mum and Sniplits. His art has been
featured in the Madison, TN and the Scarritt Bennett art
museums. In his spare time, Upkins enjoys drawing,
photography, rollerblading, martial arts and of course
creative writing.
