Topher Essex

“Painting is not something I can just do on a weekend. When I create something, it’s fulfilling a need I have.” – Topher

The famous lyric from the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger proclaims that “You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.” The life journey of Topher Essex mirrors this statement with great similarity. Twenty years of chasing the American dream of healthy finances, a successful business, and a house with a white picket fence left Topher empty and void. It was at one of those rock bottom places that life brings us to that Topher who found inspiration and his true calling for his second chapter. He found what he needed. He needed art. He needed it every day.

Topher was born and raised in Southern California with an eye towards the world of art at an early age. His love of artistic expression was cultivated through his strong relationship with his grandmother. He sat for hours upon hours watching his prolific grandmother paint with beautiful strokes as she made the world around her come to life on canvas. She painted hundreds of times. Her passion and zeal for art inspired Topher’s love of the visual arts.

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