It all began with Isaihrine taking Raiden to see a basquiat painting in person when he was 4 months old and it continued on from there with him in his high chair painting. Raiden was given art supplies every day while his mom observed him and when his mom was painting Raiden observed her and helped out in her home studio with priming canvases, picking out brushes and at times adding his own touch to her paintings with and without her approval. As time went on Raiden’s mom nicknamed him baby basquiat as he accompanied his mom to more galleries, Art fairs and museums. Raiden always asked questions about his mom’s paintings and the paintings he saw on their adventures and wanted to be an Artist too. As Raiden grew into himself he began to develop an interest in animals and fell in love with the Wild Kratts show on pbs kids. As Raiden completed pre school he was a wiz at all things animals and gave a Jaguar presentation in kindergarten in which of course we did not need to do much research on. At this moment Raiden is adamant on being a zoologist, traveling the world and getting better at sports.

At school Raiden is known to inform everyone all about animals and his friends and family learn so much from him. Raiden is now participating in basketball and baseball for the first time and returning as a soccer champion for the third year. If you made it here, welcome! Raiden is so excited to share more about animals and is very happy to continue growing as an individual.

Raidens mantra when he wakes up is “Beautiful superhero sun rising!” Most days Raiden makes his own plans, last year for his birthday he said he’s going to Japan with his friends. Most days Raiden has a routine with school, sports and his family and friends. Thank you so much to everyone for sharing Raidens first painting on a large scale, the imperfect Jaguar is 20 x 35. It is an honor to showcase Raidens growth, stay tuned!