This past April, visual artist Anthony Darby wowed audiences with the closing of his first solo gallery exhibit, "Familiar Faces," at the SoWhat art gallery in Orlando, Florida. Darby's work was a wall-to-wall installation of faces drawn throughout the gallery. These portraits, inspired by the usage of Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian techniques used in art, beckoned art goers to be pulled in to see the similarities that we all share when stripped down to our eyes, noses, and smiles.

Queens, New York native and Florida-raised artist Darby, sits down to talk about how he stumbled upon the art world, his current obsession with faces, and what he desires for the future of art.