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When it comes to art, there’s just something about the unadulterated colors of acrylic paint on canvas that is so visually titillating, visceral in effect, making it my favorite medium to work with. I suspect I never left that certain phase of childhood when bright colors, simple shapes, and outlines of Saturday morning cartoons and coloring books were the only images that captivated children for hours. Naturally, it is this love for simplicity and color that has found it’s way into my paintings.
Making art for me has always been pure catharsis. It is something I can always rely on to escape life’s monotonous obligations. It’s an unexplainable urge to create and without it, I’d feel bitter and cheated. Being self-taught, every painting is always a new lesson and another opportunity to hone and improve on technique and create a style I can call my own.
Since art is this cathartic process, it comes from a very personal place. The characters in my paintings are, for the most part, self-portraits of my inner self. So when people see my work, rather than wanting them to think about them, I’d like for them to just feel…feel the very things that bring me nostalgia from what could be memories from past lives, things that give me peace, and also the things that make me melancholy. I strive to make art that speaks to the more primordial senses in people. In the end, art provides me with an incredibly accessible vehicle of self-expression and, for that, I am forever grateful.
