Over the years, I have struggled with my work. It has been a continuous fight with my inner self to determine what I want to do with my art, how I want to create it, and what message I want it to convey. I have experienced countless road blocks for my artistic path, as many of us do. The more I grew in art, the more I struggled with my confidence and my personal style. I believed I wasn't creative or original enough to ever make it in the art world. I was in love with a simple pencil, and I loved to draw portraits. I began to stray from that because it felt "boring" or "unoriginal"; how ironic that my style has become exactly what I have wanted to avoid. I was so afraid of simplicity that it kept me from the what I have always loved. Hundreds of dollars spent on digital software, paint, and other countless media later, I have now found myself in my work. I like to draw people. People are all different. They all have the same features, yet every feature is just a little different from the next. I don't like to blend. It shows another level of skill when you can gently shade every detail of an individual's face without the use of blending. It separates the portrait from reality, reminds you that it is just a drawing. I like to keep my drawings small scale because bigger is not always better. When a portrait is smaller, it takes more of an effort to really look at the work because it isn’t some giant piece you can glance at from far away.
They are my inspiration, my angels.
They are my inspiration, my angels.