Robert M Castillo

Robert only recently begun acting in 2021. However, his relationship with the Arts, had been long in the making for some time. Robert believes wholeheartedly, that Art (capital A) found him, and not the other way around. He feels that Art saved him when he needed it most, after a particularly nightmarish time in his life where for nearly a decade, he suffered through debilitating back & body pain, false diagnosis, endured many surgeries, put through much physical therapy. It was here, at this all time low, when he grew weary of his plight, that one day he randomly picked up a paint brush (March 2016); entirely on a whim. He then locked the door behind him, & instinctively began painting at a fevered pitch. Obsessively he kept up the maddening pace of 10-12 hour days, for the 1st year. Painstakingly, he taught himself honing his painting skills without the aid of training, tutorials, books, or even Bob Ross' "happy trees". It was 100% trial and error at first. Nevertheless, he endured &