As a student at Art & Design High School majoring in AP Illustration, I am required to create a portfolio of 10 pieces surrounding our "concentration." Initially I chose Evolution as my concentration but determined that it was to specific and came up with the theme of portraits. This was broad enough to experiment with techniques. This oil painting above will be the first painting incorporated into my AP Illustration portfolio.
I was born in West Palm Beach FL and moved to New York where I discovered my passion for art. I attended the High School of Art & Design where I majored in illustration. This fall I will be studying at Connecticut College. I plan to major in Education and Studio art and Minor in Arabic. Art is my passion, and painting especially allows me to create a point of view in a different type of medium. Simply by just looking at contrast you can tell the theme or looking at the brush strokes you can tell the mood. I would like to thank Paul Chinelli and James Harrington for their inspiration.