About Gabriella

A portrait of myself, Gabriella, earing a plaid dark-green and black shirt.

Born and raised in San Antonio, I am a Texan through and through. I am truly proud of my home state and sincerely grateful for the hospitality it evokes.

For as long as I can remember, my passion has always been in art. From drawing and coloring to ink work and painting — happiness began with paper and pencils! This, by no surprise, led me to pursue and graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Visualization at Texas A&M University in College Station.

I have sought to bring eye-catching deliverables to spark action in the community, from jamming out at concerts to supporting fundraisers, competing in races, and seeing all there is to explore in the world. I love seeing people come together for a common interest. With each passing year, I aim to create impactful, lasting graphics that capture more than eyes, but also encapsulate memories.

Briscoe Western Art Museum (2018)

During my high school years, I participated in the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Student Western Art Competition.

In my sophomore year, I received "Top 50," with my 9 x 12" grayscale, graphite illustration of a horse portrait.

Encouraged to climb up the ranks, I utilized colored pencils and illustrated the image on the right, "Let Freedom Ride," also a 9 x 12" Bristol paper piece.

used with colored pencils, depicts a cowgirl with a black cowboy hat and shirt, leather chaps, and studded black belt sitting atop a brown and tan horse, waving a large American flag

Los Leones Student Art Festival (2016)

A dark-purple web banner informing viewers of the Los Leones Student Art Festival happening Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. A paint brush is seen overlapping a slightly right-tilted white page with an illustration of the winning submission. The submission shows a pencil shaving coiled to look like a music note with blue paint as the note. Four lion characters are seen throughout.

The Los Leones Student Art Festival is local to the San Antonio NISD area, hosted during the spring allowing students K-12th to participate. The guidelines followed a theme of lions, art, and music, with only three colors allowed (blue, orange, and yellow).

In 7th grade back in 2015, I had placed 1st in my grade division, but just shy of becoming the grand winner (illustration not shown). Determined to make it so, and thanks to my art instructor at the time, Clayton Kilduff, we pushed the creative further and were blessed to be titled Grand Winner my following year in 8th grade.

Truly it was amazing to see my work on t-shirts, banners, websites, and posters being the promotional graphic for the festival as a whole. It deeply encouraged me to continue my illustration path and have a determined will as an artist.