I make art because silence taught me how to see. Because when the world spoke too loudly, images began speaking to me.
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My favorite type of art to create is symbolic narrative painting—work that allows painting, music, and poetry to speak together as one expressive language.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in poetry, music, memory, spiritual tension, exile, and the inner struggle of being human. Much of my work begins where words fail and image, sound, and feeling must carry what cannot be easily explained.
What would you do with $25,000?I would invest the $25,000 in creating a new body of work, improving professional documentation, acquiring materials, and expanding exhibition opportunities so the work can reach a wider audience with greater strength and clarity.
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