I believe that art can shape the future. Art is a language of feeling and I hope that what I create is being felt and understood.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
Portraiture, figurative, and surrealism.
Where do you find inspiration?The people I meet. The people who bring out the best in me. Humans, the earth, plants, flowers, mysticism.
What would you do with $25,000?I would put it towards building my art business. I would rent out an art studio. I would like to put a portion of it back into the community for young artists in rural areas. This would part of my way of paying it forward.
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