KURTIS WATKINS,
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HOME BASE: Hoboken, New Jersey
PROFESSION: Gallery owner and fine artist; trained in portraiture, abstraction, illustration and graphic design
DOING RIGHT: Watkins works with Tied to Greatness, a New Brunswick, New Jersey, mentoring organization that focuses on young males ages 13 through 18. “I’m looking to develop a more solid foundation to start my own nonprofit,” says Watkins.
WHY HE LOVES BLACK WOMEN: “Black women are my complement. My attraction to them is just natural.”
ROMANTIC MOVE: “Once I was talking to someone long distance but had never met her. One day we had a beautiful conversation, and from that conversation I created an image of her and sent that to her along with a picture of myself. She loved it.”
HOBBIES: Traveling and cooking all types of food. His specialty? “Salmon and wild rice.”
MOTTO: “Succeed at all costs.”
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