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I was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky and, like many artists, spent my childhood drawing and painting. With generous gifts of art supplies from my parents, I developed quite a knack for rendering.
After taking as many art classes as possible during my high school years, I ventured off to the University of Dayton to study graphic design. My love for the fine arts led me to concentrate on Illustration.
After receiving several awards for my art and being honored as the Most Outsanding Graduating Senior in Visual Communication Design, I graduated with honors in 2003. In 2006 I attended the Illustration Academy and worked with illustrators and artists such as John and Mark English, Sterling Hundley, George Pratt, Gary Kelley, Brent Watkinson, Anita Kunz, and CF Payne.
My artistic influences include (in no particular order) Wayne Thiebaud, Richard Diebenkorn, Tim Langenderfer, Philip Burke, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, Georges Seurat, Paul Cezanne, Norman Rockwell, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, Mead Schaeffer, Bernie Fuchs, Pierre Bonnard, Mark English, Gary Kelley, and the rest of the Illustration Academy instructors. |
