I’m an artist and storyteller obsessed with bringing the world in my head to life.
I’m inspired by science-fiction and fantasy as well as unique manga-style illustrators. I’m also inspired by the complete opposite—Gothic art from the Middle Ages along with my blended Roman Catholic upbringing. But there’s another inspiration to my work and writing: my own mental illness. My obsessions, my compulsions, my escapism.
The spark of different characters across different worlds can be found in my art and its accompanying writings. Their stories are shared via illustration, where you can only glance through a window, and writing, where you are welcomed inside. Art is reluctant—characters rarely meet your eyes, and fewer still reveal emotion outright. Writing is eager—many characters voice their emotions and circumstances, which build into the story of their world. Neither can exist without the other.
My art is solidly mixed media with a constricted color palette. I paint with alcohol markers over a tight sketch to lean into the effects that come out with manipulation, layering, and blending. Drawing inks and acrylic paint add a dimension marker alone can’t provide. Some end digitally by building up blending modes and effects, heightening how a character’s psyche is conveyed. The goal is always to let the character "speak."
I work within a theme of duality. Reflections are a motif shown literally and symbolically through various concepts, worlds, and characters. Everything has a mirror image—my work alone is a reflection of the escape world that took ten years to find an escape from. But even now, I still co-reside in two different places: reality and the world in my head.