Creating art helps me understand life and see the world through a different lense while turning my thoughts/feelings into something tactile.
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I create with multiple mediums including heavy body acrylic paints, pastels, colored pencils, but my favorite is my family's vintage art supplies. Especially my grandma's Conte a Paris Pastel pencils and dad's liquitex paints.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration daily through nature, through colors that appear in the most basic places, family photos, and taking photos in my favorite outdoor spots.
What would you do with $25,000?Replenish our savings that we have had to use during the rising cost of prices for everything lately.
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