I'm not going to lie...

I’ll tell you what, I have been a painter for the last 8 years of my life. I started out as a interior exterior painter in Louisville, KY where I lived before moving to Los Angeles. Back then I appreciated the paint, the colors, and the outcome after a job was done. Although I didn’t appreciate the difficulty that came along with lugging a ladder around 8 hours a day, painting multiple rooms, and having to be down on the ground painting baseboards all day.

I didn’t appreciate it then, but I do now. I appreciate the knowledge I garnered by working inside and outside of these peoples homes. The trust they gave me and the knowledge that I wasn’t aware I was picking up. That knowledge was colors and how to put them together.

It wasn’t until 4 years ago as you know that I decided to start painting canvases. Taking the drawings and ideas I have, then placing them onto a canvas. Now it’s not only a canvas I love to paint, it’s murals, or as we all know…. Walls. I am back to painting walls.

My life is a beautiful circle, before I could only think about making money by painting homes to move here to LA. Here in LA I was going to act! Although I wasn’t being truthful with myself and now as an older man I understand what I truly love.. outside of family obviously. Painting and Cannabis.

The two have always been a part of my life, but I was blinded and unable to realize the importance of them both. I sold cannabis growing up to put myself in the New York Film Academy here in Los Angeles. I sold cannabis because it began to teach me about having confidence in myself. It allowed me to build my knowledge of having a product, creating a clientele, and customer service. It also got me in trouble, but I have never been shy to promote my appreciation for cannabis.

Which is why these last 4 years of my life I have been honing my artistic talents as a painter, looking for opportunities to grow this business/passion into lucrative work. Learning and listening to who I am I have combined art with a newly fresh lifestyle brand that is all Hemp based cannabinoids Drop of Sunshine. I’m still learning everyday and growing. Nothing has been easy or is easy. I’m not making “tons” of money, but I’m living the way I like to. Building two things that I feel give me purpose, outside of my family, into a sustainable life.