Frustrated with constantly being compared to the great impressionists like renoir and monet, todd wanted to be different so he started drawing like a 5th grader. Todd's offbeat humor and childlike artwork has defintiely put him in a league of his own. Sure todd's art is not for everyone and probably won't be hanging in some fancy museum anytime soon. But that hasn't stopped todd from being a successful artist as he has sold over 4,000 paintings, 250,000 prints, and has 50 books published. That and his merchandise has generated 1 billion dollars in retail sales. Not too shabby for someone who obviously never went to art school. Todd's goal is to make people laugh with his art and remind people not to take life too seriously...Van gogh never did that!