It was an innocent beginning for Carly Robledo.
“When I was younger, my mom would be working a lot so I would always just practice drawing and do others things that really helped express my creativity,” she said.
“As an artist I don’t really have a favorite piece of my collection because I am constantly striving to do better and I know that with each project I work on I am gaining skill and It is improving me as an artist.”
Robledo had the opportunity last year for her piece to make it into the rodeo art auction.
“My piece of Mr. Quinn sold for $12,000, a portion of that is given to me for college,” she said.
“I plan on going to college but I don’t think that it will primarily be for art. I want to major in something that would be beneficial to the world around me but I’m not sure what that is yet.”
Of course, college would be easier with another scholarship from her rodeo art, which she was hard at work creating.
“I’m expecting it to do well but if it doesn’t, that’s OK because I just have fun creating the art and it doesn’t really matter to me how popular it gets or how much I can profit from it,” she said.
“I just find happiness in making it because it’s what I love to do.”
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