at twelve years old my parents finally trusted me enough to let me explore my artistic endeavors with oil paint, and with that i learned more about color theory and how to make the most out of the 3 tubes of paint that i had.
I practiced patience for it to dry, discipline to continue painting and the skill of blending oil colours.
Oil PaintingsSelf Portrait 2024
2025City love.
my most recent work started with a little charcoal sketch on canvas, which i initially loved, but i knew i needed to add more colour to such a musical piece, and so i trusted the process, and the old box of oil pastels i had. with it, i was able to express my heartbreak of leaving a city i fell in love with, and a lifestyle i cannot replicate.
untitled_01
2019
one of my first ever experiments with oil blending and contrast.
two canvases painted at the same time.
process took over 6 months of blending, drying, and repainting.
conversation about past lives
2023
as a joke i painted my brother as a tree because he was gloating about how generous and wise he is; he was a tree in a past life (his words)
and when i asked my sister what she thinks she was in a past life she said “a hospital bed, wait no, a chair”.
ego of a lion tamer
2021
The act of a lion tamer inserting their head into a lion's mouth is a well-known risky circus tradition. This piece captures the demise of the lion tamer being eaten by the carnivore as his karma, since the lion is subject to imprisonment for the entertainment of others.
