From an early age onward I have found myself trapped in a binary. All of the things I was supposed to like were for boys, and the things I did like were for girls. Being told what to live like at an early age is something that I have not been able to truly conquer and embody. In my journey to self discovery I have used the gender spectrum as my playground. It keeps people on their toes; it allows for me to feel powerful.
It has not been an easy journey to get to a place of self-acceptance. For a very long time I had no one but myself to tell me that what makes me different is what makes me beautiful. That is what my work focuses on. It is inherently bold in its formal art qualities such as line and color, but even deeper than that, it is bold in its content. Central on the drag community and queer lifestyle, my drawings radiate strength that can only be found through self-love.
Portraiture is a classic motif that has seen endless iterations throughout art history. In my work, it captures the individual aesthetic and ego that every queer person can relate to as people who also live in this dichotomous world. The figures that I draw contain not just strength and power, but they also wear their pain on their sleeves. You cannot have one without the other. They are raw. They are beautiful. They are present. They are tortured. They are worthy of being seen and heard. They are the embodiment of opulence.
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