I believe that all people are born artists. Some just stop drawing for some reason. I'm one of the ones that kept going.

I grew up designing video game characters, levels, and UI's. I even moved on to teach myself Photoshop and HTML while in high school so I could show my work to people on this cool new thing called the internet. Afterward, I enrolled in the Graphic Design school at the University of Georgia with a focus on Illustration. There, I learned from Mark Braught, the concept artist for the first Harry Potter movie.

After school, I started working in the gaming industry as a concept artist, animator, and technical artist. Early into my career, I realized I couldn’t draw for myself unless I got away from the computer, and began my oil painting journey. I started taking classes at Binders with Charles Walls in Buckhead in Atlanta, and got hooked. In 2012, I moved to Austin, TX, where I continued to meet artists and teachers that would help me grow.

In 2014, I started my own business, EMLstudio, LLC, to do contract work, but I also expanded into education. I wanted to teach what I had learned. Art has always been there for me and I wanted to give the gift to others. I began working with models, showing in galleries, and teaching privately and at the local atelier.

In 2023, I moved to Spain to enroll at the Barcelona Academy of Art. The next phase of my journey was to master my craft and to go all-in with traditional art and education. There I learned traditional techniques, but also how to break them to have a more modern approach. Art is a life-journey, and one I am happy to experience and share.