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500 Artworks Later, and I'm Still Just Getting Started

by Raymund Tamayo If someone had told 14-year-old me that one day I would find my way back to art after 30 years away, I probably wouldn't have believed it. Art was my first love as a creative child, but life took me away from it for three decades. Then, in March 2024, a friend's encouragement brought me back to something I didn't realize I had missed so much. Looking back, I'm grateful I listened. Today, I'm on my fourth sketchbook, my second watercolor book, and I've painted on numerous canvases of different sizes. I've explored graphite, ink pen, markers, acrylic pens, watercolor, oil pastels, and acrylic paints. Along the way, I've created 500 artworks, and I'm still learning, experimenting, and discovering what I can do and what my unique style as an artist is. But this milestone means more to me than a number. It reminds me that some passions never really leave us. Sometimes, they simply wait for us to find our way back to them. I feel fulfille...

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