Clyde McCulley was born and raised in Benton, Arkansas. As a child he always wanted to be an artist. He completed the Bachelor and Masters Fine Art degree and began teaching art in Colleges in Texas. He later completed the Doctor of Education at Illinois State University. He taught in Liberal Arts Colleges before becoming the Director of an Art School in upstate New York for the last 20 years of his college work. His first book was a memoir ( The Boy on Shady Grove Road) of his life as a child growing up on a little dirt farm in Arkansas. Clyde McCulley was born and raised in Benton, Arkansas. MUST READ: THE BOY ON SHADY GROVE LANE-CLYDE MCCULLEY