I feel like there is a true path when I do art, I think about everything while it is happening and I find peace while having fun.
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My favorite is a blend of Primitivist, Cubist, Expressionist, Pop, and Graffiti Art influences. Every stroke embodies a very real study, appreciation and wildness. I was brought to postmodern improvisational styles when I studied dance very intensively earlier in life; that energy, attention, focus, consistency, and improvisational nature is present in all of my drawings and paintings. I love making this art.
Where do you find inspiration?I draw inspiration from human emotion (love, confusion, anger, sadness, joy, satisfaction), experience, personal and world history, my physical environment, my physical and psychological profile, as well as special considerations such as power or popularity.
What would you do with $25,000?I would go back to college for Art, buy oil paint, acrylic, good oilstick, rolls of canvas throw some shows, and then do my best to make a career out of doing everything with art in all disciplines I've ever wanted to. It would be a great boon to my process and the pace of my success, though I think I'm on the right track. I love art, and I think I'd always live poorer than everyone else if it meant I got to make art every day. I am meant for this.
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