To me art is a reflection of the human soul. I love putting my soul into a visual form because I feel like I communicate to others souls too
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I deeply enjoy creating surrealist art that communicates my feelings or self reflections to get a better understanding of who I am. I lean towards making strong feminine depictions showing not only it’s beauty but also the hurt behind it. I love experimenting with colors and textures making most of my art vivid mixed medias.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in almost everything but my biggest inspiration would be my mother. My mom has always been very talented and creative and has always supported my love of the arts. I also find a lot of inspiration from the great artists Salvador Dali. Ever since I first saw his piece The Persistence of Memory I felt so hooked to that style of art. The beauty of contradiction and dream like unexplainable images that can yet somehow be explained fascinates me.
What would you do with $25,000?First thing I would do with $25,000 is try helping relieve my parents economic stress. The remaining money I would use to invest in a studio/museum for other young artists to create and showcase their art. I want artist to have all possible art mediums available to them so that they can reach their full potential without the limitations of not having available resources to create. I want people with the same passion to get together and support each other’s creativity.
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