Artist’s Statement

Raw talent / experience, soul / inspiration, and vision / philosophy: When this triangle is complete, art is born. Possessing raw talent and honing experience solely via trial and error, reading, observing , and daily implementation, I have metamorphosed from an experimental painter to a conceptual artist. Having undergone no traditional art schooling has made my vision clear, my voice imposing, and my philosophy rebellious. Inspiration is a continuous blessing, but has become an even more soul-stirring occurence when stemming from a goal-oriented philosophy: to challenge out-dated social mores, to annihilate stereotypes, to open minds and toss away those blinders that people wear. My work is now a conceptual formula of traditional painting with photography, of text and image combined, a Synthesized ekphrastic world where East is juxtaposed with West, where methodologies merge, and cultures fuse: where every image is the voice of the silent, every image is a moment of untold truth captured in time, every image is a rebel with a cause.