There are some dreams, aspirations, goals, and visions that simply cannot be written. For those of us who are more visual than verbal, a way to improvise is through art. For example, in creating my painting titled “Self-Motivation” the ability to connect with a visual representation of what I was aiming for gave me the motivation to strive towards the bigger picture. While I may be at ease in the photo below, behind it was months of frustration, sideways tumbles, and plent

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