I hail from the Rio Grande Valley and I've been gradually developing skills in contemporary realism, figurative and portrait painting in Austin since 2012. As a person of a mixed racial background, I grew up between the cultures of asian, white, latino, and Texan culture near the border of Texas. I For the last two years I have been studying masters at Atelier Dojo in Austin, Tx, developing my own styles with gouache, oil and watercolors.