I create art because it’s how I make sense of being alive. Painting is where I put everything that doesn’t have an easy place to go.
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My favorite art is the kind that helps me get through the day. I paint from emotion—grief, love, everything in between—scribbled into my underlayers. What keeps me going is the connection that follows. A piece I made for my mother found someone with a similar memory. Another, made from fear and love, went to a neuro ICU worker. Energy meets energy. I paint the world we don’t see, but deeply feel.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in the beauty of our universe—flowers, light, and the natural world—but what really moves me is the unseen. Raw emotion, energy, and the trippy, in-between spaces I experience through breathwork. That inner world, what we feel but can’t always explain, is what I’m most drawn to paint.
What would you do with $25,000?I’d get a bigger studio space—enough to cover about two years of rent—so I could create without the constant pressure of making ends meet. It would also allow me to get support with the backend of my business. That kind of freedom would be a total game changer, letting me go deeper into my work and focus on real connection.
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