Painting makes the unknown known. It transforms memory, music, and daily life into images with rhythm and story —giving me purpose.
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I create paintings that translate sound, memory, and lived experience into image through rhythm, compression, and distortion. Lately, I think of my compositions as knots forms woven from accumulated histories, tensions, and inherited narratives. Within these knots, I explore freedom not as something given, but as something negotiated, stretched, and sometimes resisted. The work moves between figuration and abstraction, building images that function like visual scores where forms collide, tighten
Where do you find inspiration?I’m inspired by music, memory, and lived experience. Each painting brings together personal and cultural histories, shaped into forms that hold tension and movement.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use the $25,000 to cover studio costs, materials, and the production of new work. As a new father, it would also provide stability and time to stay fully committed to my practice, while expanding opportunities for exhibitions and visibility.
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