Born in New York and raised all over the Northeast, I fell in love with the traveling my family did. We moved around every 3-4 years and traveled all over the world. I've been to so many places on account of my parents and their belief that "experiences enrich the life" and "the world is the best teacher". This put the "wanderlust" in my blood and led me to attend high school in Mexico for a while and go to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fl for college. I eventually became an art major and focused my studies on my passion: sculpture. I also studied the graphic arts and became an award-winning amateur photographer. A series called "The Underwear Expression" won an amateur photocompetition run by the university and displayed individuals in thei favorite undergarments with their favorite objects, anonymously posed for a viewer's interpretation of their personalities. Other series to get recognition were a graphic series on domestic violence and a series of self-portraits. My final year at the university was my greatest accomplishment. I went to an invitational at the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama for an iron pour gathering and then won the Andy McClachlan/Ed Love competition in 2003. Florida State purchased the winning sculpture entitled the "Entropic Commitment". This sculpture demonstrated my life based on the theory of entropy, involving the balance of peace and chaos. The two wooden infinity symbols crossed and twisted around each other for the chaotic side, then transitioned into two smooth, paralleled pieces on the other side for peace. I graduated from Florida State with a degree in Studio Art in 2003 with a focus in Graphic Design and Sculpture. Then came jobs and private commissions for murals, faux painting in homes, and portraits. I was living but not alive, since life for me has never been stationary. I grew tired and bored in Florida and returned to New Jersey, where I still had family, looking for inspiration. Here begins my Alaskan adventure. A few conversations and a tenative handshake and I was off to Alaska, on a whim no less! Traveling across the country in a jam-packed car, stopping in innumerable places for a little adventure, left my inspiration soaring. When I arrived in Alaska, things only became clearer and I needed a creative outlet. One on my friends, Jerry, approached me about doing a Wild Salmon on Parade, and I submitted designs. This alone got my creative juices flowing and creating the "Socked-eye Salmon" was mos tfulfilling. You will see his name is "Jerry" on his trunks in honor of my friend and his encouragement. Life in Alaska is the most satisfying and inspring living I have experienced yet and I hope this passion will translate into my art pieces in the future. As for now, I know that I could not be living in a better place and I am grateful for the opportunity to help bring more beauty to the already breathtaking city of Anchorage.