I am an artist that works well across multiple types of mediums, but my one true love is 2D art. Primarily, I stick to drawing, painting, and printmaking (holy trinity). Throughout my young life, I have been inspired by the many artists that have taught me. They have challenged me in many ways and pushed me to become the artist that I am currently. One of their most valuable lessons bestowed upon me is drawing daily. In a vain effort, I do this in the hopes that it will allow me to experiment, explore new concepts, and build up a pool of inspiration that I can utilize and expand upon for use in more finished works of art. The art that I create is commonly based on my emotional state, who I spend time with, and exploring memories from my days past. This process of consistent drawing allows me to noodle around with ideas, until I have found something more concrete that I can expound upon.
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My process consists of two main parts. One part meditative self reflection and analysis. One part unbridled insanity and perfectionism. Unfortunately, I am not a machine (with the future of AI on the horizon, this may change) so the two main parts of my process do not strictly follow an order. Instead, what I experience is an initial desire to create followed by one of my two halves. Then, I flux between the two until the work of art has almost run its course. At this point, I have to make a decision. Is it exciting enough? Is it me enough? Within my process, I cannot consider a piece of art finished until it has the wow-factor that I am looking for. I need the work to accurately represent the cycle of emotions I went through to make this. This process, while oftentimes tumultuous, is genuinely therapeutic and leaves me feeling emotionally refreshed. Similar to going for a long walk in 90 degree weather and finally getting to chug down some water.
Sometimes though, I just want to make something that makes me laugh. My work has a rather consistent style. It is consistently “me”. It has an energetic, playful, and expressive flare. I play a lot with mixing technical realism with abstraction, exaggeration, and patterns in an effort to ramp up visual contrast. God do I love visual contrast.