An artist is the true epitome of creating something out of nothing. Regardless of whatever your craft may be, whether a painter, dancer, musician, woodworker, architect, or etc., you understand the necessary energy required to translate your mental notes into the physical world. But for those individuals who are not in tune with their artistic abilities, I do not think they understand or realize how much time, effort, patience, and persistence the creative process takes fro

If you have ever navigated through the downtown streets of Richmond, VA, there is no way you could miss the eye-catching murals. Street art has always been a fascination of mine, simply based off their magnitude and the fact that these pieces become focal points that add character to a city. Even though I marvel at large scale paintings, it never crossed my mind, until three years ago, that I could be the painter of a mural, or a few. Why the heck not?! After this epiphan

With a mind of infinite ideas, I believe the most difficult job as an artist is deciding which potential thought to begin nurturing. The main piece that comes to mind when I thinking about nurturing a thought is my painting titled "Revival”. The idea for this painting formed after having an unsettling dream. The dream had absolutely no visual, just pitch black. Initially there was nothing, but I could feel something was off. Suddenly, the sound of a heart monitor began