From everywhere I go, or different situations I come across, I develop a distinct feeling. My inner reactions seem to transcend a single word or easy description, instead, they morph into an essence. Thus the only way I know how to qualify my experience is through science and art. I approach the world from a place of curiosity and injury, I answer with creativity. 

I start usually with a gauche painted centerpiece and then fan outwards to develop the desired essence. I paint stars, the world sketching in black gouache forever, leaves with steady green layers. Scraps of paper, string, photographs, and symbolic figures clog my canvas in a declaration of care for the world. 

Our canvas of wonderment is not void of human suffering. Although my pieces may have an underlying message of pain and struggle, I aim for my compositions to be resilient. This is what art means to me- a place to transform my hurt nto something beautiful, something which belongs in this world.