I create because it is who I am, it is who I was called to be and it is my place in this world .
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I Always look to tell stories with my work By using symbolism's . I create in order to draw the viewer in through my lens of my life experience and hope that in some ways the piece speaks to them in their life experiences.
Where do you find inspiration?I Find inspiration in the simplest of Things, a walk or a train ride , observing life as it happens in real time, from a mother toting her child home to the homeless person on the corner….. we forget that every walking being is an untold story. Society tends to judge the end Result, no one asks what the story is and how that person arrived at that point.
What would you do with $25,000?The studio space and put it all back into the art.
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