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Harry Foreman's Accomplishments

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In the back of a math class during junior year of high school was when one University of Central Florida student fully realized his artistic talent.

Harry Foreman, 22, junior graphic design major, was diagnosed with ADD and drawing was the only thing that could keep his attention in class.

Foreman’s math teacher would go around the class and check everyone off for doing their homework, and his teacher would just drop off a box of colored pencils for him to use.

“I would have masterpieces for him every class. My teacher would be like, 'That’s a cool drawing, hang it on the door.' I did that once and by the time I left that school the whole door was covered,” Foreman said.

Now Foreman is addicted to drawing and can’t put his pen to paper …show more content…

He’s done almost all our art work for our band, Casaveda--the album cover, T-shirt and stickers,” Baskt said. “He is always willing to help, super passionate about every piece and every person he works with.”

Foreman is hosting a music and art show at Natura on Tuesday. Natura is like a second home to Foreman and he is frequently in there working on his own art, in addition to have painted a mural on the wall and the bathroom.

“January of last year I went through a moment in time when I didn’t talk to anyone, I cut everyone out of my life. I would go to class and go to Natura,” Foreman …show more content…

“We started talking about art. I had done oil paintings, and he wanted to learn so I taught him. We spent like every day together for a month, it was great. We clicked right away. We did the mural together,” Brown said.

Daniel Tunaya, manager at Natura, has seen the impact that Foreman’s shows have on the shop. Foreman hosted his first show at Natura last year.

“Harry’s art shows are great because not many people know about us, and it’s a great word of mouth type of thing. He also brings in people who appreciate local artist and stuff like that,” Tunaya said.

Aside from the work Foreman has done at Natura, he is busy with the recent launch of his website of his brand Akyros.

Akyros is Greek for “to cancel.” Foreman is still in the process of figuring out exactly what Akyros will turn into, but it is currently 100 percent his art and products for sale.

“I’m still trying to figure out what exactly I want to use Akyros for, but what I want to do and the business plan for Akyros is going to be a visual collaborative in the sense of I’m able to work with other visual artists, musicians, businesses four times a year and releasing a drop. A one of a kind collection with limited edition releases of everything,” Foreman

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