Sharing my knowledge and seeing my students excited to learn and create is my passion. My patience and ability to break down projects into simple steps are what makes my business stand out.

I believe that art is interdisciplinary. Art demands knowledge and critical thought, not to mention letting go of what you know so you can recreate what you see. I focus on form and content to make you a better artist from the ground up.

I have been teaching secondary art for 14 years in DISD. I hold a BA in The Visual Arts and MA in Education. In teaching drawing and painting, I believe that exercises must achieve a balance between learning technique and developing self-expression. As students are guided through the creative thinking exercises I help ensure that they develop their individual artistic style and not become clones of the illustrations I have used. The technique exercises are intended to expand the skills and improve the execution of their art work. These techniques must be so well learned that they reside in the subconscious and not thought about during the cre