In the summer between second and third grade, I met one of my first art mentors in a chance encounter and spent that summer learning the fundamentals of drawing with charcoal, a formative experience which established visual art as a core element of my life. As a teen, I attended the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts (a magnet boarding school) and concentrated on a curriculum of fine art, followed up by spending two years abroad studying figure drawing, printmaking and painting in Paris, France. During my college years, I studied philosophy and founded The Donaldsonville Art Colony—a collective of painters, writers, musicians and filmmakers. I relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. Since that time, I’ve opened an art gallery (now online only), led groups of adults who want to be more creative in what I call “My Anti- Authoritarian Motivational Watercolor Workshop,” published a series of art books and I continue to enjoy a thriving studio practice.
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