Herman, as a child in Sanostee, NM, drew pencil sketches of cars and trucks on his mother's yarn box. Herman's mother expressed her artistic talent in her Navajo weavings, and Herman's father was a carpenter who visualized and drew the completed jobs. These influences inspired Herman to capture his visions of Navajo culture on paper. While attending high school in Brigham City, Utah, Herman developed his techniques using oils, acrylics, watercolors and charcoals. After high school, he worked on refining his oil painting techniques. Until Herman met his wife, Virginia, he had never sandpainted. Virginia, who is from the Sheep Springs area of the reservation, taught Herman the traditional style of Navajo sandpainting. Herman then apprenticed under the noted Navajo artist Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe, where he learned the techniques that bring out an unusual amount of depth from the medium of sandpainting. Because of the limitations Herman felt in traditional Navajo sandpainting, he decided to apply his painting skill to doing sand art, where he felt the possibilities were unlimited. Herman typically features Pottery, Baskets, and Bear Fetishes in his three-dimensional sandpaintings. Herman and Virginia have three sons, to whom he hopes to pass on the joys of creativity. Herman is a multi-talented individual; he is also a fine auto mechanic!