The faces on the covers of magazines and on the television screen always fascinated me, though I never knew how to capture them. I always had deep roots in art; painting landscapes, and sketching buildings and rooms I was in since I can remember. When my dad passed away in 2008 I stopped drawing and painting, until my brother gave me a set of charcoals and paper. At first I drew a few non-familiar faces, then I tried Marilyn Monroe with my grays but something was missing: color. I found an old box of pastels, and added cobalt blue as a background. Suddenly she popped off the page. Since then, I’ve continued to draw the pop culture icons we see every day- with a touch of color.