HOUSTON, Texas -- 23-year-old Brandon Aguilar first picked up a paintbrush at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It would lead him to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Sam Houston State University.

Eventually, Brandon started developing his own unique way of painting, "I decided one day that I would drop paint brushes and use found materials to actually paint with, by doing that, I found a way to differentiate myself and bring a more meaningful impact to my art."

The Katy resident did that and then some.

Brandon is a huge fan of the Houston Texans. For his Texans portraits, Brandon used footballs, a lot of them. He cuts the footballs up along the seams and uses the pigskin side of the ball as his brush. His portrait blew away Texans Quarterback C.J. Stroud, "When I showed him, he

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