Creating art brings me joy and happiness! The freedom to create began at the age of nine and I will never forget that moment.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
I like creating paintings on paper or canvas and playing with mixed media. With a desire to create interesting surfaces and complex compositions, I use a variety of materials and explore like a child!
Where do you find inspiration?I find my inspiration to draw and paint from nature! Majestic mountains, oceans, rivers, trees, and the mystery of the universe keep my soul alive and give me purpose to paint! Every brush stroke of paint is a breath of fresh air. Bold colors, circles, triangles and other geometric patterns. Listening to a variety of music while painting is such a combination and a dance happens on the canvas. Being aligned with something greater fills my heart with passion to create.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use this gift to create my dream come true. An exciting art studio space with a wonderful supply of paints, papers, canvas, updated new brushes, and oil sticks and permanent paint markers. More marketing and publicity, as well, for expanding my presence. This gift would help provide an opportunity to study nature and see more beauty and paint on location in places I have yet to go! Also, to see more galleries, see other artists work, enter exhibitions, and keep growing.
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