I was born in Pennsylvania but raised in South Carolina. I started taking my art serious at an early age. I studied some graphic design in college but is primarily self-taught. I won an art contest at the age of 7 by painting a pictue of my mother which was placed in the local town's newspaper in Aiken. I am an artist that deals in lots of different mediums and disciplines. I started out drawing, painting, and using color pastels and color pencils. Being such a lover of art, I also got into silver goldsmith and lapidary. I find lots of inspiration from nature and everyday life experiences. My goal is to ultimately open an art gallery. I would also like to open an art school where I can teach art, design, jewelry making and leather stitching classes to anyone of interest but cater to the youth, elderly and veterans.