Lance wanted to live in these ar-
eas rather than just be a tourist
and he found he could use teach-
ing ESL as a means to stay for a
while. While he had always want-
ed to see if he could teach, he did
not have a formal background.
Fortunately, many places in Asia
only required a Bachelor’s degree.
He was able to get hired and learn
on the job. He did not know how
to speak Korean, but says their
English was good enough to un-
derstand him on a basic level.
And he was able to use gestures
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to get other points across.
While in Asia, he studied under a
Taiwanese master painter for about
six months. Lance says that instruc-
tion helped him with his portraits.
“Just being out there enhances
your own creativity, ideas about
how you see the world, and how
you see things,” said Lance. “You
can’t help but evolve or change.
It’s inevitable.”
Yet no matter where he went in
the world, his thoughts always re-
turned to Lambertville. The town
and its neighbor New Hope, PA,
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