I am an artist who specializes in colorful folk art paintings. My artistic style is outsider brut. It is primitive in style, raw emotionally, and sometimes mature in nature. I love creating dynamic color planes and expressing emotion. I create art in order to process the cultural and visual information that thrives around me. Everyday I need to process new bits of information. In this sense my artwork is a mutation of myself as I'm adapting to my surroundings.
My artistic impulses are involved in a dialogue with the customs of the past and the stories of the present. I love to tie new stories and old folk tales into my work. I also love to play on word definitions, either formal or slang.
I often use subjects with an iconic nature to draw out the multi-layered context of my work. This is also a good way for making social commentary. When I involve myself in the process of translating the content of my work, often a complex abstract formation takes shape.
My subject matter is usually lyrical and sometimes mythical. I love painting animals, celebrities, made up fantasy creatures, and spirited women. Often, the made up creatures are half human and half animal. The spirited women are usually fashionable, full of emotion, and full of moxy.
I strive to produce an end product that has both strength and beauty. I believe the human mind is a lot like my artwork; filled with hard facts and stories but also softened with absract thoughts and emotions. The overlap between these two components is an interesting manifestation of mind and spirit.
I believe that my best artwork comes when my mind and senses are heavily stimulated. I strive to create this state by seeing art exhibits, researching other artists, listening to music, and watching films. Detroit is a wonderful city to keep my mind and senses very active. The city is rich in cultural life. I have been actively exploring it for sixteen years.
I love real life experiences and try to relate them to my art. I keep my mind active with my encounters and conversations with other people. When I create art I'm at the point between everything. I'm just trying to express it and make sense of it. My aim is to create vibrant artwork that is interesting and also at the same time accessible. I have been making art since childhood so it is a lifetime endeavor for me.
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