Why I do what I do

I didn’t grow up with much guidance. No parents around. No one to help me navigate the heavy emotions I was carrying. As a teenager and into my early adulthood, I turned to alcohol to cope with the pain, trauma, anxiety, depression. It felt like survival at the time.

But survival isn’t the same as healing.

Freedom to let go

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Art became the space where I could finally breathe. I paint because I need to. Because my soul asks me to. Each brushstroke is part of my healing...a way to release, to process, to reconnect with myself.

My work is abstract, often rooted in nature. I don’t like to follow rules when I paint. I create what I want, when I want, and how I feel it. That freedom matters. That’s where the truth lives.

Nature is a huge part of my “why.” The mossy forests, the crashing waves, the stillness in the trees, they’ve held me through my darkest moments. Nature reflects back the calm I crave and the wildness I carry. That duality shows up in my work, too.

I paint for the trauma survivors. For the ones still navigating the shadows. For the people who’ve been through hell and are still standing. And I paint for the healers...

the therapists, the space-holders, the quiet warriors who help others find their way.

My art is for anyone who’s trying to make it through, even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.

Because healing isn’t linear. But it is possible. And sometimes, it begins with color.