Art helps me express my thoughts and emotions that I don’t share with people. I love trying to create chaotic but organized art.
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I love creating art that feels something. Most of my work is emotional, a little chaotic, and intentionally imperfect. I’m drawn to fractured shapes, heavy textures, and nature mixed with surreal elements because they reflect real life—messy, evolving, and not always put together. I want people to look at my art and feel something.
Where do you find inspiration?I pull a lot of my inspiration from emotion and lived experience, especially the messy, in-between moments where things are changing but not fully clear yet. I’m inspired by the tension between chaos and calm, and how nature reflects that so naturally. A lot of my pieces start as a feeling before they ever become an idea
What would you do with $25,000?I want to win the $25,000 to create a more stable, peaceful future for me and my son—and to keep building a life around what I love.
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