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Personal · January 09, 2026

'Mr. Vincent Valenti' (The Unofficial Art School Advisor)

Art school lacked not only sports, but at times, sports knowledge and appreciation. That emptiness was filled with my fraternity, faculty advisor who happened to have played lacrosse in college.

Personal · July 21, 2025

'Catching up with Steve Costabile'

Catching up with Steve Costabile - father of Duke lacrosse legend, CJ Costabile and his business in custom framing.

Personal · February 13, 2025

'Looking Back at Covid'

Looking back at how I spent an uncertain period of time that kept me both busy and excited.

Personal · January 30, 2025

"Passion energizes talent..." Part 2

A written quote from the found year of 2009, that has been framed to preserve the motivational reminder.

Personal · September 26, 2024

Hindsight: PLAY

Looking back at how casual lacrosse, shoot around sessions - an outlet - enabled a network.

Personal · August 15, 2024

'My Wall Ball'

What I learned from lonely wall-ball sessions, while growing up in NYC.

Personal · July 23, 2024

Backstory: 'The Creation of Crank'

How being bored helped create the most iconic thing associated to The Art of Lax™.

Personal · July 19, 2024

Backstory: Patient. Persistent. Proficient.

The backstory in creating the piece, 'Patient. Persistent. Proficient.'

Personal · December 20, 2023

Beginnings (Part 2)

My years in a New England boarding school combined two, very different talents: art and athletics. That combination found my target audience.

Personal · December 07, 2023

Beginnings (Part 1)

How a lazy, and somewhat rude habit, of discreetly doodling in grade school classes forged an identity, and a career.