Our Best To You / vol.1

Although born in New Braunfels, I was raised
in Seguin. With pencil in hand I first started
drawing at the age of two. At the age of seven I
started watercolor painting lessons. From there, I
expanded beyond my monochromatic drawings
and sketches into a world of painted vivid colors.
After graduating from Seguin High School, I
took my college foundation courses at St. Philip’s
College in San Antonio. It was here that I met my
first influential instructors: Regis Shephard and
Brian Lipscomb. Under their tutelage I expanded
into acrylic, and later, oil paintings. I also took my
first true steps into subtractive sculpting, being
that I only dabbled in additive sculpting with
clay modeling before. During my time at St.
Philip’s I mainly worked on stone sculptures--
alabaster stone to be precise--as well as acrylic
paintings.
After my time at St. Philip’s, I transferred to
Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. At TLU, I
studied under Landa King, T. Paul, and S. Torres,
further improving my work in oil painting and
sculpting. After graduating from TLU with a BA
Degree in Studio Arts, I met wood sculptor, Marie
Carmel Bordes, to whom I became an apprentice,
and as well, a student and "adopted son.” My
personal mission-goal in my art is simply to
create; to take a piece of stone or wood into my
hands and recreate it anew.
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