The Story So Far....
I didn't think I had any artistic talent until my late 20s.
By then, I'd spent ten years in property management. A 'real' career. A good one. Art was just something I liked, just not something I ever imagined I could actually do.
When I finally applied to art school, I expected a rejection letter. One of those emails you don't even bother opening.
They said yes anyway.
So I went to VCU Arts. I knew I was starting late. What I didn't understand—what I couldn't have understood—was how much sheer repetition it takes to build a skill from nothing. Art isn't a spreadsheet. You can't take notes and come back to it later. You just have to do it. Over and over and over until it sticks.
So I did. Not because I was naturally gifted. I wasn't. But because I wanted a different life. I wanted it enough to keep going when I wasn't sure I belonged, when everyone else seemed to already speak a language I was still learning.
Somewhere along the way, I graduated. BFA in Communication Arts. Editorial design, illustration, portraiture, 3D assets. All of it.
These days, I still work the same way. I don't stop at "good enough." I push until it's right, until the story lands, until the work actually feels like something. My path wasn't linear, but that's exactly what makes me good at this—creative instincts paired with business discipline.
I'm Kit. I'm happy to take the long way, because hard doesn't scare me.
