I love art because it gives hope in the darkest times. When I left the military in 2012 I felt misplaced until I rediscovered art.
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I love to create mixed media projects with a touch of my cultural art of the Ojibwe people. Creating art that has the potential to inspire others to step outside of their boundaries that society sets. Finding new ways to inspire the creative spark in others is the main art I hope to master someday.
Where do you find inspiration?I sit and listen to the ones who will be there to speak about the work after I am gone. It’s my interpretation of their passions or hardships that I create from. Art that has more than my story is inspiring to me, something that has aspects of the people within its brush stokes.
What would you do with $25,000?I would like to apply it towards a masters degree in business so in my later years I can follow suit with a mission like this. I want to understand the scaling of business for artists and give to other artists the tools to also scale and survive in a two income household world. Teach people how to create passive incomes off of their creations or at least stretch the amount of money that one can create from one project so they can provide for their families.
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