Anikka Mckeever

Greetings everyone my name is Anikka Mckeever I was born and raised in Philadelphia Pennsylvania "The City Of Brotherly Love". I have always had a passion for fashion, designs, artistic works of all kinds. Naturally I'm drawn to unique styles bold colors and out of the box creativity. I'm a hairstylist so working with colors, textures, and style formation is what I do. Although I have never had any formal training in art, I consider the ability to create to be a gift and amazing blessing. I think that as human beings we have all experience positive and negative things in our lives that changed and transformed us. Art has been a beautiful outlet and realization of myself that I never knew existed. I remember working on my first painting and my children and husband were like what are you doing. I said boldly "I'm painting", and we all laughed. But I really began to experience vision like glimpse of each piece. I saw the colors in my mind that would go into each painting. I listened to that inner voice and just went with it. Art is an expression of words we cannot speak. Our hands are the vessels by which true transformation and beauty flows through. This year I wanted to take a leap of faith and branch out with my artwork. So, partne...

What's really amazing to me is that I've have never had any formal training in art. Set aside for the art class I took while I was in school. Currently I'm attending Augusta Tech working on my Associates Degree in Marketing Management. My background has been in criminal justice, having worked as a correctional officer at Coastal State Prison. Then I moved on to working for the Key West Sheriffs Department as a Jail Diversion Case Manager. So tapping into art at this time in my life has been refreshing and a new found passion.