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This is me in a nutshell. Born in the United States and moved to Canada where I currently reside with my wonderful family in a small town in Northern Ontario. Being raised in the city all my life, I never thought I would get used to living in such a remote area, but I surprised myself when I realized this is where I am meant to be.
Art has always been present in my life starting at the young age of 3 years old when I made Bert and Ernie out of play dough and they looked just exactly like them.
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My Story
As a shy young child, I discovered that I had a gift of creating art. Starting out practicing for hours and hours drawing various animals, unicorns, perfecting my sketches of Garfield and Oodie, I improved my skills tremendously. Some were even fridge - worthly!
My escape has always been my art. It's where I can lose myself in the whole process of creating a great piece!
High School was rough for me and I wanted to be anywhere but there. It wasn't until I received first prize in a drawing contest that my art really blossomed.
College was such a fantastic experience! No longer was I the quiet, shy kid; instead, I really allowed myself to emerge from my shell.
My first year of college, I took Art Fundamentals, a general art course that helped me develop my portfolio to the point where I could move forward and apply for Classical Animation. I worked incredibly hard that first year, and my efforts paid off when I was accepted into the Classical Animation course. From that point on, I maintained an exceptional work ethic and made sure all of my assignments were completed on time. This was a high-pressure, demanding course, but I persevered and was able to graduate from Year 1—even after being hit by a car during the last two months of school.
Yes, you heard that right—I was hit by a car while crossing the street to catch the bus to school!
Needless to say, I didn't continue with school the following year. Instead, I took a year off to regroup, figure out which direction I wanted to take, and save some money for my return.
When I did enroll back into college, I decided to focus on Illustration as a career. Fast forward 3 years, and there I am standing on the stage receiving my college diploma in Illustration!
Not long after graduating, I landed a job in Toronto, ON working in the print/film/advertising industry. This was just a start, years later I had amazing opportunities come my way. Children's book illustrations, spot illustrations for magazines, various logo designs, illustrating published book covers, and all the while working on my own creations on the back-burner.
Today, I work for an amazing company where I have the opportunity to continually expand my design skills. From Adobe Creative Suite and video editing to WordPress web design and creating social media content for our various locations, I’m able to put my creativity and experience to work in so many different ways. I consider myself very fortunate and although life has thrown me a lot of curve balls, I kept moving forward on my goals. And there are still so many goals I would love to reach!
Thanks for reading my story!
