CREATING MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE. It turns what I feel into something real. It gives me freedom. It’s a way to transform emotions into art.
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I’m drawn to figurative painting and naturalism, that’s why animals appear so often in my work. I paint for those who cannot defend themselves. I use art as a voice for just causes, to express protection, vulnerability, and truth through what I create.
Where do you find inspiration?In the city! I take the inspo energy and turn it into something that impacts real spaces and real communities.
What would you do with $25,000?I want to invest it into my artistic projects, starting with transforming the neighborhood where I live through murals. My goal is to bring art into the streets and eventually paint on large walls across the U.S., sharing my message on a bigger scale. I’m a self-taught artist. I learned to draw alone in my room, using just a pencil and my walls as my canvas. That’s how everything started. I began sharing my creative process on social media, and that’s how people discovered my work.
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