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鈥淥ne of the things I would do to escape was draw,鈥� he says, adding that he鈥檇 draw anything he could lay his eyes on.

He eventually went on to be an illustrator in the Marines and now designs products for a nationwide home decor brand. He鈥檚 also involved in the Historic Fourth Avenue Coalition and owns the Oro Valley shop Rosie鈥檚 Barket with his high school sweetheart, Nicole Carrillo.

Not knowing how to pursue art as a career initially, Carrillo graduated from high school and joined the Navy in 1990.

鈥淎fter two years, I was trying to think how can I do art, how can I do this in the military,鈥� he says.

After four years in the Navy, Carrillo received his GI Bill and headed to art school. Soon after, his brother said he was joining the Marines and told Carrillo about their illustration program.

鈥淚 was like, 鈥榶eah, right,鈥欌�� Carrillo says. 鈥淏ut he had this written literature about it and I said, 鈥業鈥檒l be damned.鈥欌��

Next thing you know, Carrillo was visiting with a recruiter. But he was rejected because he was married with children.

So Carrillo went to a different recruiter.

Rejected again.

鈥淢y wife is the brain child behind it. She said, 鈥楧raw a portrait of the commandant of the Marine Corps and a handwritten letter of what you can offer the Marine Corps,鈥欌�� Carrillo says.

鈥淪he鈥檚 the best partner to have,鈥� Carrillo says. 鈥淔or me personally, I just want to draw. I don鈥檛 even care if I get paid to do it sometimes. My wife is always like, 鈥楴o, this is how you focus the energy. This is how you generate revenue from it and exposure.鈥欌��

Nicole Carrillo hand-delivered the artwork and letter to the commanding general鈥檚 office.

鈥淜nowing what I know now, that was so preposterous,鈥� he says.

But it worked.

鈥淲ithin 24 hours, the western recruiting region said, 鈥榊eah, you鈥檙e good. You can come in and do exactly what you want to do,鈥欌�� Carrillo says.

鈥淭elling the Marine story鈥�

Carrillo, who is self-taught in art, joined the Marines as an illustrator in 1995.

鈥淓ven though you鈥檙e an illustrator or an artist, you still have to meet Marine Corps standards,鈥� from physical fitness to starting your day early, Carrillo says.

鈥淚t isn鈥檛 always like you鈥檙e going to war or you鈥檙e going to the field and doing this crazy, dramatic stuff,鈥� Carrillo says, adding that he鈥檇 be in the field once or twice a year.

鈥淏asically anything I could see that I thought was worth drawing 鈥� that told the story of the Marines or the mission 鈥� that鈥檚 what I would draw,鈥� he says. Sometimes it was a drawing of a building. Sometimes it was a detailed illustration of a pistol.

Carrillo also spent three months in Iraq.

鈥淵ou get as close as you can to the action and just draw,鈥� he says.

Carrillo, whose Marine Corps work is credited under his nickname Jack, would bring sketchbooks to the field and paint his drawings later.

鈥淚 personally think, even if it鈥檚 cruder or rougher, I think it鈥檚 more true when it鈥檚 from the field,鈥� Carrillo says. 鈥淵ou add on to the fact that it鈥檚 hot and you鈥檙e not in the safest or most comfortable spot 鈥� it adds to the art.鈥�

鈥淵ou could never do that when you鈥檙e drawing from a studio,鈥� he says.

And all of his drawings, which are now at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Virginia, were done live and on the spot.

鈥淚t was awesome telling the Marine story,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t was an honor to do.鈥�

Civilian life

After 21 years, Carrillo retired from the military in 2012 while living in Georgia, where he and his wife opened up a kitchen boutique.

鈥淐ooking is a big thing for her,鈥� Carrillo says of Nicole Carrillo.

For each of the couple鈥檚 moves while Carrillo was in the military, he says he was 鈥渁lways hauling around vintage cooking stuff.鈥�

鈥淲e just always had it. She always loved it,鈥� he says.

Wanting to get back to his love for art, Carrillo started designing products like tea towels for the store to sell.

About a year later, while shopping for products for the store, the Carrillos met Kathy Phillips, who owns nationwide home decor brand Primitives by Kathy.

Phillips took a look at Carrillo鈥檚 products and said she was interested in manufacturing them. Since then, Carrillo has been designing products 鈥� from pins to dog charms to water bottles 鈥� for Primitives by Kathy.

The move to 蜜柚直播

By 2016, the Carrillos, who are originally from Colorado, decided they wanted to be closer to home. They were inches away from moving to San Antonio, Texas, when Nicole Carrillo visited a friend in 蜜柚直播.

鈥淪he said, 鈥業 know we鈥檙e getting ready to do San Antonio, but I really wish you鈥檇 look at 蜜柚直播,鈥欌�� Carrillo says.

Carrillo said, 鈥淲hy not?鈥� And after his second day in the Old Pueblo, he said, 鈥淲hat are we doing? Why are we not here?鈥�

鈥淚 fell in love with it so hard,鈥� he says.

About 30 days later, they were packing up their Georgia home to live in 蜜柚直播.

The Carrillos opened Mabel鈥檚 on 4th, a kitchen boutique on Fourth Avenue, in 2017. The spot closed in 2018 when they decided to focus on and expand their dog boutique, Rosie鈥檚 Barket. Rosie鈥檚 Barket, an idea of Nicole Carrillo鈥檚, opened in 2017.

Of course, Rosie鈥檚 sells items designed by Carrillo.

Most recently, Carrillo created the artwork for a COVID-19 campaign with the Historic Fourth Avenue Coalition to encourage mask-wearing.

鈥淚 just really love 蜜柚直播 and I really love art in 蜜柚直播,鈥� Carrillo says. 鈥淚 feel like 蜜柚直播 is evolving me even more. I鈥檝e never had so many artist friends than I do here. Even in the military, in Georgia, I鈥檝e never had so many creative friends.鈥�