I create to make sense of life. Turning energy, feeling, and truth into art that heals, connects, and brings love into the world.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
The art I create is the kind that feels like a living pulse. Layered with energy, story, symbolism, and soul. I love painting what cannot always be named: emotion, frequency, memory, spirit, transformation, and the unseen threads that connect us. I am most alive when I am making work that feels like a story. Human, tender and powerful. Art that does not just ask to be seen, but deeply felt.
Where do you find inspiration?Inspiration by both the seen and the unseen. By energy, by the colors of frequency and sound, emotion, memory, human connection, light, symbols, and story. Usually, the stories arrive first . They tell me what they want to be revealed. From there they become a visual expression. I am inspired by the mystery of being here and by turning that mystery into something I can share.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use it to create more space for my art to grow. To give my visions room to breathe. I would use it to support both the sacred and practical parts of being an artist. The creating, the sharing, the risking, the trusting. It would become more art, more story, more beauty, more connection. It would help keep turning the unseen into something people can feel.
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