ABOUT ME
When I was 7 years old, I remember running home after getting off the school bus to catch Bob Ross’s Joy of Painting on PBS. It was the highlight of my day, listening to his mellifluous voice while he painted happy little trees. I always loved drawing, painting, and doodling. I took a long detour to return to my calling as an artist after graduating with a degree in Economics and enduring a couple of years in the corporate industry. Thankfully, I discovered the world of commercial art working as a producer for a fashion photography agency in NYC. I decided to go back to school to learn the ins and outs of the photography business and spent the next 17 years as a commercial photographer. In addition to my commercial photography, I have broadened my scope of work to include digital art.
"What is digital art?" you ask.
For me, it's painting with pixels. With the advent of AI image-generating software, we now have the ability to create images with text prompts. This may sound simple, but to generate artwork to incorporate real people into a cohesive setting requires some problem-solving and creativity. My experiences in programming, editing, and photography have come together as the perfect set of skills for this new art medium.
AI, for good and bad, is quickly taking hold of so many aspects of our lives. I think artists in general are pretty upset and scared by the implications of AI taking over the art world. My hope is to use AI as a tool to create beautiful, meaningful art, to take what I envision and "paint" it onto a digital canvas. AI gives artists the opportunity to unlock their creativity in new ways, and I hope that instead of witnessing the death of the art community, it will create a new generation of artists who will use these innovative tools to create art we’ve never seen before.