Matthew Elkan is a recovering attorney who has been studying drawing online at the Academy of Realist Art in Boston for the last year and a half. He is a member of the Drawing Studio and is constantly running for the Drawing Studio’s prestigious Proctor-of-the-Month Award. He lives on top of a hill in New Hampshire with 8 apple trees, 2 peach trees, 10 blueberry bushes, two barn cats (Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley) and his gorgeous wife (Linda) of 36 years.