and after 10 moves overseas and back with my family I chose to head back to where I started to attend Loyola University. I had traveled down into Plaquemines Parish a few times and had always been mesmerized by the completely unique bayou culture. Having since moved to Austin, Texas for work and to raise my family I long to travel back as often as I can. This piece was created for an ad campaign for the sitting District Attorney, Charles Ballay. He was more than happy to tour us around his childhood farmland and to introduce us to his old buddies working along the bayou and then host a family gathering. That’s the stuff that keeps me going.