I make art because I need to make art. Art is in its simplest form everything around us that makes us feel or think a certain way.
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My favorite type of art to make is making flash sheets, sculptures and paintings using abstract shapes. I love drawing and focus on mixing the different cultures I’ve learned from growing up in Cancun and the local melting pot of the South Bay.
Where do you find inspiration?I feel like that’s like asking me what makes me hungry. But I guess I need to make art in the same way I need to eat or drink. Art is in everything we do, and it should be aesthetically pleasing or tickles one of the five senses. If I can’t have or make art, I can’t be happy.
What would you do with $25,000?I would really like to be able to support myself and get out of debt, help pay off my sister’s college tuition and reinvestment into the community. I think there’s a lot of good art programs and resources out there that people are not made aware of and I would like to help make them more known and get the exposure they deserve so that more people can use them.
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