Colleen Martin is a fine art major at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Having an open mind when it comes to her work. allows her to expand her choice of mediums and improve constantly. From a young age, she was influenced by her surroundings to tell stories through her art work. She pays attention to emotion and captures it successfully. This is her strength. Colleen works mostly in watercolor; she feels it shows off her attention to detail and light the most. She is set to graduate in the spring of 2018. Colleen hopes to become an art teacher to those just beginning to expand their minds in the creative world.