Connect What is your favorite type of art to create?

I make glass neon art because it doesn’t do subtle. It hums, it glows, it practically drags your attention across the room by the collar. It’s got that 2AM energy—half trouble, half truth—like a bad decision that somehow feels right. You don’t hang neon to blend in. You hang it because you’re done whispering.

Where do you find inspiration?

My grandfather had a stash of antique beer signs I’d flip on all at once—our little rebellion glowing in the dark. Tucked in the unfinished basement where grandma exiled anything remotely masculine, it felt like a secret bar for misfits. A place you went when the rules got too loud. And every time I make a new piece, I can still feel that room breathing back to life.

What would you do with $25,000?

First—I take care of my mom. She wrecked her back at Boeing building planes so I could have a shot. Surgeries later, the bills don’t blink—you do. Second—I choke out some debt. Nothing sexy, just less weight on the chest. Third—I take my ridiculously patient girlfriend somewhere warm and irresponsible. She’s earned it… probably more than I have.