I get to bring the unseen or unimaginable to life! Turning ideas and emotions into something tangible is an incredible feeling.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
Work that makes people feel something. I’m drawn to pieces with strong atmosphere, light, and detail.
Where do you find inspiration?Everywhere, honestly. I’ll notice a specific shadow or a shift in light and feel the need to capture it. I take photos constantly and build ideas from those fragments. So mostly from just observing and reinterpreting the world around me!
What would you do with $25,000?I’d use it to seriously establish my art practice! Invest in high-quality materials, scale up my work, and create a dedicated studio space. It would let me spend less time piecing things together and more time actually creating!
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