Eric received a music scholarship at Utah State University but after teaching a percussion class at a local middle school, he quickly changed direction and embarked upon an education in painting.

埃里克获得音乐奖学金在犹他州州立大学，但在课堂教学叩诊在当地的中学，他很快改变了方向，并开始了一项教育，绘画。

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He had never been on a plane before 1995, when he left his native Orissa, India, at age 23 with a one-way ticket to Logan, Utah, to pursue a master's degree in economics on an academic scholarship to Utah State University.

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