I create art to transform memory, emotion, and resilience into beauty others can see, feel, and live with.
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I’m drawn to layered, textural work that lives between painting and sculpture. Using resin, organic forms, and found elements, I create pieces that feel both fluid and permanent—capturing movement, memory, and transformation. I love when art becomes functional too, like tables or objects, so it can be lived with, not just looked at.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in transformation—nature, memory, and human resilience. The way light moves through water, the fragility of butterflies, the passage of time. I’m also deeply inspired by personal experience—moments of loss, growth, and reinvention—and the idea that beauty can emerge from anything.
What would you do with $25,000?I would invest in expanding my practice—securing a larger studio, refining my resin techniques, and producing a new body of work that pushes scale and material boundaries. I’d also develop more functional art pieces and fund exhibitions to bring the work to a wider audience. This would directly accelerate both my creative evolution and my ability to sustain it.
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