Julio Naudin is a full-time artist. Originally from Mexico, Naudin has lived in South Louisiana since 2001. He painted and drew his way through college at University of Texas El Paso while working as a newspaper advertising graphic artist. Upon his graduation with a communications degree, he joined corporate America and worked as a marketing executive in the publishing industry. After a 34-year career, he returned school to study art and earned his art teaching accreditation. In his creative process, he often draws on his Mexican heritage, including his childhood in El Paso, Texas, for inspiration, as well as other places he's lived and worked, including Northern Nevada, Washington, D.C. and Louisiana. He creates portraits, landscapes, collages and mixed-media pieces. His original and commissioned art hangs in homes and businesses throughout the country and in Mexico, Singapore and Germany.