I build worlds where people surviving illness, war, and burnout get to feel safe and powerful again. My art turns survival into a story.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
I love creating any type of visual art, whether it be painting, drawing crafting or miniatures. If you can bring what’s in my imagination or my heart to life, I’ll use it to tell my story or the stories of people meet.
Where do you find inspiration?I pull my inspiration from my life‘s struggles, and from the people I meet along the way. You’d be surprised on how much passion, joy and even sadness you can find in other peoples lives. It always gives me inspiration to create and bring those stories to life.
What would you do with $25,000?I would love to donate half of it to veterans that are in need and the other half to help myself get better. I suffered from severe injuries in the military, and I suffer from G.I. issues that we have still not figured out exactly what’s going on, but I’m a fighter and I pushed through. But I lost all my teeth a few years ago due to cancer and I know getting my teeth back would help my confidence and my G.I. issues.
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