For this week’s blog I wanted to keep it short and personal, as over the weekend I celebrated my 24th birthday! Here’s a photo of myself during my birthday dinner. I went to Los Colibris and devoured in their Mexican cuisine, finishing with their special churro ice cream sandwich! I tend to focus on my artwork for my blog posts but if you’re interested in a more personal side of me follow my Instagram, @vblancoart I’m usually posting any events in the city I attend during the

Illustrations created by Veronica Blanco using Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 Voice over recorded and mixed by Veronica Blanco using Adobe Audition CC 2015 Video edited by Veronica Blanco using VideoScribe

The biggest highlight of my artistic journey was not when my first painting was sold but instead it was my solo exhibition, Bullied. To date, I still believe this is the best body of art I’ve created. I was in my third year at York University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program when I was assigned to create artwork based on the theme “memories”. I dug into my past and remembered several incidents that I kept away hidden in a tiny vault in my head—my experiences of being bullied i