August 20th, 2009

Oftentimes I get asked the question ” How did you get into Art? ”

Well, to start at the beginning . . . I always drew as  a kid and felt that  it might be  something I would  do when I grew up.  At first I wanted to be an architect (that’s because I was a  Brady Bunch groupie), but then doubted the whole art thing in high school — my guidance counselor advised me that I would starve.  That’s when thoughts of becoming a gynecologist or medical examiner set in.  I for sure did not want to end up a character in a Dostoevsky novel.  Yikes!

Fortunately for me I had  a wonderful art teacher who pushed me to follow my heart.

In the summer before my senior year, she helped me get into a 2 month art program in Fredonia, NY, where I was fully immersed in art school life.  After that, there was no looking elsewhere — an art  career it was.

At a portfolio day at Syracuse University, I met the admissions director at Parsons School of Design and she  loved my work and  offered me a scholarship.

So at 17, I moved to the Big Apple and studied at Parsons.

Choosing art  and moving to New York were  the greatest decisions of my life!  I feel really lucky to be able to do something that I love and to live somewhere that  inspires me.

Sometimes it is weird how life works, and  you realize that sometimes there are outside forces  and angels that push you along the way.  Always do what you love and makes you happy.

Until the next sketch!