My art exists somewhere between painting and sculpture… a space where form, light, and shadow speak to one another. I’m deeply drawn to the way illumination becomes part of the piece itself how shadows breathe life into my three-dimensional designs, transforming them into something that shifts, moves, and feels alive with every change of light.

I find inspiration in everything I see… in colors and forms, in light and shadow, in the quiet poetry of nature, the endless sky, the movement of the ocean. The world speaks in details, and somehow my soul hears them all. I feel deeply blessed to move through life with such sensitivity to feel beauty almost everywhere I look.

I’m an artist from Venezuela. When I came to this country, life led me through every kind of work imaginable, everything except art. I carried my creativity quietly inside me while surviving, adapting, rebuilding. So if I were to win this prize, it would mean more than recognition. Part of it would go to helping my family back in Venezuela, and the rest would become the first real step toward a dream I’ve carried for years: creating my very first art exhibition here in the United States.