Artist Statement

I have found myself trapped in a binary for my entire life. Day-to-day, even as a child, I was told that the things I was doing were girly, though I am a boy. Being told what to live like at an early age is something that I have not been able to truly conquer and embody. I like to dabble around in the gender spectrum; It keeps people on their toes; it allows for me to feel opulent.

In my earlier years of life, 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 quality and color, but even deeper than that, it is bold in its content. Central on the drag community and queer lifestyle, my drawings radiate an opulence that can only be found through self-love. The beauty of portraiture 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 not only radiate opulence, but also wear their pain on their sleeves. They are raw. They are beautiful. They are present. They are tortured. They are worthy of being seen and heard.