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The kind that feels like it shouldn’t exist. Messy, layered, and a bit unresolved. The kind that holds contradictions at the same time: beauty sitting right beside discomfort. A lot of what I create circles around emotion—especially the kind that’s hard to name. I don’t want to just express those things; I want someone else to recognize themselves inside them. I guess, at its core, my favourite art to create is the kind that tells the truth without explaining it too much.
Where do you find inspiration?Contrast—beauty tangled up with chaos, strength sitting beside vulnerability. I’m inspired by my own experiences, especially the complicated ones. The parts that don’t resolve neatly tend to stay with me the longest, and those are the ones that end up on canvas. It isn’t something I go out and find—it’s something I feel. It’s already there, my job is just to slow down enough to see it, and brave enough to create it on canvas.
What would you do with $25,000?Go back to school to become an Addictions Counselor for female Inmates in Ontario prisons in addition to investing in my creative identity long term. I would also love to see Picasso's apartment in Spain one day, but that is not priority. Lol.
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