art·ist /ˈärdəst/: A person who produces paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby. A person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, novelist, poet, or filmmaker.

I've considered myself an "artist" since I was a child. I've always loved creativity no matter what the style, genre or medium. By the time I was in middle school, I was experimenting with charcoal, pencil, paint and pen and ink. I learned the bulk of it in school, but continued at home out of my own curiosity and quest for creating. By the time I was 14, I was attending the Art Institute of Boston in my summers and learning the fundamentals of design.

I suppose you could say that everything that I create makes me artist, but although it's not part of the "definition", I've always felt that artists should have exhibits and shows. In 2018, I created my own art show that was a non-traditional take on the gallery show format. I wanted to exhibit my art that I created as a graphic designer the way that a painter would exhibit art that they painted. The result was the 50 Brands Gallery Show at the Westinghouse Plaza Gallery in Boston.