Short Answer: Yup! Just ask!

Long Answer: I teach private lessons through what I call “Studio O”. The name is partially a spin off of the Cheerios boxes I use for my art, and partially on the shape of the wheels I use to get on location. Because my lessons come to you! Since I don’t have a studio space of my own (as a college student) I offer mobile lessons within a certain distance, which I bring supplies to and teach at your convenience! I offer entirely customizable small group and individual lessons for competitive rates, that cater to the student’s level and helps them grow how they want to grow.

Short Answer: It depends... do I know you?

Long Answer: If not, I’d love to get to know you first! Because I believe art is best made without the incentive of money: if I don’t want to make it, I don’t. Therefore I tend to only complete commissions for friends, family, and people I’ve met in person. Mainly so that I can hand-deliver the items and see their excited reactions firsthand. Honestly the most rewarding part of any project is that reaction, and if I don’t have it at the end, most projects simply aren’t worth it.

Short Answer: Cardboard

Long Answer: I aim to design either a meaningful decoration or a practical product each time I create. I am often irked by purposeless art, however I understand art is sometimes more about the process than the result. Crayons, for example. I love ‘em, but I use them for fun, not for finesse. For these reasons and more, I often choose to stick with cardboard as my primary medium, as it is not overly expensive, but can hold plenty of meaning and memories.

Short Answer: To bring joy.

Long Answer: Art is a process to be enjoyed by the artists, and the results are to be enjoyed by others. Rather than make a rigorous career out of art, I choose to make what I enjoy making, when I want to make it, for whomever I want to make it. The goal beyond myself though, is to share my love of art and healthy creativity so as to inspire others of things greater than my own imagination.

Short Answer: Oh boy, is that a can of worms.

Long Answer: I’ve had a very back and forth and back and forth (and back and forth) perception of social media. It’s honestly been a 50/50 these past couple years if I have one at the moment or not. I long to avoid encouraging algorithmic domination, but my current ambition to be a speaker trumps the lack of media. I need to have some sort of public image for credibility’s sake. If only that weren’t the case.

Short Answer: Yep!

Long Answer: I also enjoy music, games, reading and writing. I will confidently say I am best known game-wise for playing Bananagrams (I have all 18 versions, the tote bag, hat, shirt, and pins), but I dabble in a number of cardboard games such as MTG and HermitCraft TCG. I do quite a bit of writing for this website, but also personally. I haven’t met a lot of people who enjoy writing essays, but I’m one of them, which has proven to be a blessing in college. Oh, and I play a LOT of Minecraft.

Short Answer: The art BY FAR

Long Answer: I believe through my art I can bring joy to the lives of others, and impact them in a bigger way than I ever could imagine. I am SO MUCH more excited about the art than any glory attached. There is the small problem of: If people don’t know about you, how will you share your message? So I do need to gain that platform to share my message. But as long as I create beyond physical things, and I can impact emotions, then my goal is accomplished.

Short Answer: Remain an Avid Communicator and Cardboard Enthusiast.

Long Answer: While my career plans and goals are constantly fluxuating (currently I’m studying to go into the Paper industry), my general concensus on the future tends to involve art, music, active living, and communications in some form. Whether I sing, play the guitar, or just listen to music; whether I sell art, teach lessons, or just do it on the side; whether I play a sport, learn martial arts, or just do home calisthenics; and whether I become an engineer, entrepreneur, or other eclectic, all of these aspects I hope to keep up by ever-changing means.