Makenna Giudice

I've been doing art my entire life - it's always been one of my main focuses. Over the past two years, I've taken my passion from just doing art on the side for fun to making it a more creative, professional endeavor. My work combines photography with traditional art styles in unique ways. I take photographs and turn them into paintings, or add different elements that you can't necessarily do digitally but have to do with a traditional art style, like printing out the paper and adding embroidery to it or bedazzling it. Recently, I launched Duck Pond Creations as a full company, moving beyond word-of-mouth to establish an LLC and publish my website. I'm currently building up an art shop where I don't just do commissions, but also sell prints, stickers, and magnets. I'm also working on getting up a blog for more content related to photography and art. When I'm not working as a photographer, I teach high school classes, which allows me to have the creative flexibility during breaks while applying my business education to run my company effectively.