For as long as I have ever known, I have always had an itch to create things with my hands. My entire family tree branches off into different directions of artistic backgrounds. I remember looking at my father’s back as he sat at his easel restoring antique portraits; my mother at her drafting table; and little me—always holding any kind of handiwork project I could get my hands on growing up. Being the only child of two fine artists, the desire to explore new creative outlets was extremely important to me.
Drawing was definitely my first love and strength. I have always enjoyed the process and end results of creating a drawing. It is very meditative for me. While I enjoyed drawing as a childhood hobby, I began taking it much more seriously in high school. My sophomore year of high school was the beginning of an extremely difficult phase in my life, and at that time, I discovered that my love of illustration could not only be about concentration and rendering, but also a tool of communication with my inner self. I believe that was the time when my identity began to come out on paper, and I was in the early stages of developing my own unique style.
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