Military Antiques & Museum: Hunting & Gathering for Lost Frequencies

Military Antiques & Museum

It was a very humbling experience to walk through so much history. Knowing that not all the men and women survived, and that their lives were forever changed by the events of these wars makes me appreciate the life that I have today and the luxury of being able to dedicate my life to being an artist.

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Monday Motivation: Anna Povlova

Monday Motivation: Anna Pavlova was a famous 19th century Russian prima ballerina who danced with the Imperial Russian Ballet and Ballets Russes. 

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Reír Llorando by Juan de Dios Peza

Juan de Dios Peza & Synopsis

The poem that this project is based on is titled Reír Llorando, and was written by a famous Mexican poet named Juan de Dios Peza.

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Behind the Scenes with Chris Clouse & the Gang

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of working as 2nd AC on this music promo shoot for the local SF musician Chris Clouse. 

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Fly Away With Me

This image is an example of one of my early attempts at compositing. At this stage in my career I was still terrified of compositing, back when I would describe it as a giant monster that refused to leave me alone. The only way that I could bring myself to make this image was by looking at it as if it were a puzzle. I would argue today that it is.  

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Everywhere I Go, I See...

Art School Lessons:

One of the biggest struggles I’ve faced as an art student is that the size of my ideas don’t always match with the size of my wallet. I can dream up many fantastic scenarios, and I may even know how I would like to accomplish them, but one of the biggest hoops that I repeatedly jump through is figuring out how I am going to piece the project together with what I have readily available to me.

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Published in The Muse Magazine

This past May my work got featured in Muse Magazine!

I liked to give a shout out to my fantastic make up artist Sabrina Ozuna, to our beautiful model Michelle Berardesco, and of course Muse Magazine for the feature.

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Me, Myself, and I: My First Self Portrait

For those of you who believe that you can discover a lot through a person's eyes, I'm right there with you. What better way to discover who a person is than through the eyes of their younger self.

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