I create art to escape this world. I turn my inner chaos into a psychedelic surrealism dream worlds. My art allows me to tell my story.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
I like creating meaningful art. Selfish as it sounds I only enjoying creating art telling my story of what I’ve been what I’ve seen what I feel that I can’t put into words because my mind goes faster than I can speak. I create in colors because this world is already black and white. My art is raw but fun bright trippy I like seeing the eyes pop from people that see my art for the first time being blown away by something you don’t usually see now a days.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration through my pain. I go through depression deal a lot with mental heal issues and that’s where I get my flow of expressing myself in a raw vulnerable way but turn my art into a playful surrealism
What would you do with $25,000?I would automatically give this to my best friend to pay for her father’s cancer treatment. I don’t speak to my family I have no kids I have no siblings . it’s just me and my fat cat . My best friend has done a lot for my life she’s helped support me financially and emotionally when I got kicked out she was my therapist she was my rock when I couldn’t be there for myself. Winning 25k means more to me than being in a cover magazine because I can pay for her father’s treatment to recover.
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