1.   A sculptor with a classical arts background, Featherstone fashioned the shapely bird from National Geographic photos.

2.   But her arts background, she admits, was meager.

3.   I come from an arts background where we were kind of rebels, and we would use any place for expression.

4.   Richman has put her art background to good use in the look and design of her movie.

5.   Sketch artists place more significance on their knowledge of psychology and criminology than their art background.

6.   Some have speculated part of the enthusiasm in Washington political circles for Ivey stems from his non-Eastern, non-high art background.

7.   But Mapplethorpe, with his associations and art college background, has wider repertoire adding a genre of floral erotica to his sado-machismo flaggelations.