Early Life, Training and Family Frank Gaard was born on December 20, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois. His formative years in the "City of Broad Shoulders" provided the backdrop for a career defined by a refusal to conform to normative perspectives. This deviation was not merely aesthetic; Gaard has wrestled with Bi-Polar Disorder for most of his life, a reality that has shaped his personal outlook and his approach to the creative process.…