Art Helps me process my experiences and have a way to navigate this world. It’s self soothing. But mostly it’s subsistence painting.
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Put it out in the wild, meaning to install street art, for people to come across. Ideally it is having a conversation with and in the streets visually or in some meaningful way
Where do you find inspiration?I actually look for it and make note of all inspiration. I don’t let it pass me by. Sometimes I have to set aside everything and go have new adventures to access the unknown. Maybe once or twice a year I’ll use psychedelics. I Allow my current interest to enter my artwork as a way to understand it.
What would you do with $25,000?I could use a new studio and bunches of art supplies. Although I hand designed and hand cut and paint everything there are certain new technology’s I’d like to invest that would create new possibilities
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