I was born in Scotland, a year after my birth my parents packed up my 3 older brothers and I and immigrated to South Africa. We weren’t a military family and neither did my parents know anyone in South Africa. They were looking for a better opportunity for themselves and their family.

I loved living in South Africa, to me it was always home. We did move back to the UK for a few years, but we returned to South Africa once more.

At the age of 19 I seized an opportunity to move to America, it was an easy decision for me. My whole life I knew that I would travel to America, so I jumped at the chance. Nothing could have prepared me for how hard everything would be with that one decision. It was a crash course in adulthood. Of course, at 19 I thought I knew enough to take on this challenge and come out on top! I quickly learnt that that was certainly not the case. But with every challenge I persevered and continued to grow. Did I make bad choices and mistakes? ABSOLUTELY! Some mistakes I’m only just starting to recover from 20 years later. Like anything else, you have to make the mistakes in order to grow and have the wisdom to not make the same mistake again.

I currently live in North Carolina, enjoying the less harsh winters than Chicago and Buffalo. I’m enjoying the greatest adventure of my life, pursuing my love of creativity and art.

I am an artist. I have been my whole life. I truly delved back into it in 2012. I had lost my way. I didn't have faith in myself and my abilities as an artist, I had heard too many times that I wasn't talented and I let that really sink in. I should never have done that. I returned to my first love in life and I’ll never be without it again. I feel grounded whenever I’m able to step into that world by picking up a paintbrush, pen, pencil, etc. 
Last year I watched a video that was current on the web at the time. Neil Gaiman gave a truly inspirational commencement speech to young artists. It truly stuck with me for months after I watched it. I had notes at home, at work, in the car. The notes said nothing more other than… “Make Good Art” the basis to Neil Gaiman’s speech. Those notes later became a piece of art, which is displayed in my home where I can see it everyday. It's my daily reminder to do what I love. 

If you do nothing else but find what truly makes you happy, you will have accomplished greatness. 

Share that greatness with those you love and those that you have yet to meet. Be their inspiration. 
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