To face my darkness, find my light, and turn memory, spirit, and truth into something that protects, heals, and lives beyond me.
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Abstract expressionism, but I don’t limit it. I create through painting, sound design, and space. It’s all architecture to me—building emotion, energy, and memory into form.
Where do you find inspiration?Within. In stillness, in solitude, in visitation. What comes through me is not from outside—it’s felt, seen, and translated. And from the environment I curate around me—figures, art, furniture, books, sound, and objects that hold energy.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use the money to create the Watchman prototype and produce a limited edition run—bringing the work from canvas into physical form and bridging fine art and pop culture. The Watchman is one of my central characters, born during a time in my life when I was working as a night watchman after moving to the U.S. It began as a reflection of that experience—being awake, observing, protecting—but it evolved into something deeper. The Watchman represents awareness, protection and transformation.
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