South to Scotland

When I first began my college career I had no clear focus in mind and my decision to go was made simply because I thought I had no other choice. I had taken classes at Clarion and then Penn State Behrend, collecting credits and debt with having no real interest in the different majors that I dabbled with. And as I listlessly went through the motions over the years, I had realized the path that I was on would take me nowhere. I knew I had to change. The person who I was then was not who I wanted to be. I began to chisel away at the mold that had come to define me, uncovering and reawakening desires and motivations that I had forgot I even had. New emotions stirred within and these new realizations (among other influences) gave me the strength and motivation to pursue a better life for myself. Thus, I began my quest for an education in the arts.

Art had always played a major role in my life and was something that I had a natural ability in. After high school, though, I had convinced myself that I wasn't capable of pursuing it as a career. I gave up on it entirely. But now, after my trials and revelations, I am shedding my skin and going back to doing what truly makes me happy.  

This past August I started my first semester on the main campus of Edinboro University and I am currently concentrating in illustration, graphic design and advertising. This blog is a documentation of all of my projects, assorted artwork and life, in general, here in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Not only will this be an online portfolio but the blog will also serve as an electronic sketchbook/journal that tells a story of my scholastic trials and my life, renewed by art.