 It's a super humbling experience for me to get to paint the Commandant's portrait. In one day I'm going to get to look back on this with my family and show them that I was a part of making history. Recently, I was chosen as the first active duty marine to paint the 37th Commandant's portrait Robert B. Neller. My grandpa was an artist during the Korean War and being able to follow along in his footsteps means the world to me. Using my art in the history books alongside his, there's nothing greater than that. I utilized traditional painting techniques to create the Commandant's portrait, making it the first painting in the collection to be digitally illustrated. It's easy to forget the importance of what you're doing when you're sitting in a room painting his portrait, but finally seeing it hung up in the Pentagon hallway next to all these other portrait paintings is a surreal experience for me. It's something I'm never going to forget.