"The act of creating has always been important to me even from the earliest days of my childhood.  I was constantly building, digging, deconstructing, and rearranging. Creativity is in my blood as well, which has given me the gift of abstract thinking -  a skill I would later find as very useful.

Painting happened by chance for me in prison. I never was in one place for a long enough time on the street to pick up a brush. I used to sketch with graphite a lot, simple things that could qualify as "cute" artisan reproductions. However, one day a person handed me a watercolor paint kit, something I knew nothing about, but I then recalled my grandfather, Giles Kelly, was an accomplished painter who used watercolor paints. I figured, why the hell not try.

Art is important. It has taught me how to adapt. When learning something new, you have to be able to have a plastic concept of how things work. This means a willingness to change insight, which can lead to a more informed way of life.
Art is important to me because I am allowed to explore my creative lens, constantly progressing, trying to find different artistic styles that can be employed to describe various emotions. Art should be fluid, not in just the process of building a piece but over greater spans of time, an artist should be building on their skill set, but more importantly a dynamic artist will regularly attempt to leave their comfort zone."