I love when I see people experience something from my art. A moving moment, a growing moment, feeling or laughing or smiling it’s beautiful
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Caricatures of what I see or how I see people or of what I’m feeling coming off people sometimes even seeing someone’s loved one who has passed next to them and drawing that.
Where do you find inspiration?In the people that surround my everyday life. Friends, family, strangers from daily interactions and sometimes just from my own imagination
What would you do with $25,000?I would probably open a small business in the small town I live in that would bring me a steady income so I wouldn’t have to stress and then could focus on art more and living a more helpful life for others who need me:
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