Snacks have always played a big role in my close relationship with my two cousins.

”The Mind’s Embrace” is inspired by knowledge and how it affects you.

This piece was inspired by the emotions and voices that go silenced in our community, households, and surroundings.

Before I started this artwork, I pondered so hardly about the painful feeling of frustration and agony that arose when I just can’t get out of times of darkness.

The center portrait is a formal graduation photo, surrounded by childhood photos and crayon drawings.

I have so many labels that I thought were permanent and now there shifting like sand.

For my piece, Control, I used photoshop to sketch out my subject and border to resemble greek artwork like on pots, columns, etc while also adding my own personal touch to the style.

To me, a Houdini escape trick like this, is about performing being alright.

I wanted to emphasize the feeling of pretending or putting on one’s best self for others.

I created an artwork called “School Kills Artists. ”

My mother and I are only alive because she was able to have an abortion.

”Glimmer of Hope” shows that despite how trapped someone feels, there’s always hope.

A self-portrait based on The Magician card (tarot), it represents a persons talents and energy.

Bam! The man’s skull smashes against the pavement, driven by the officer’s fist.

This piece features Jesus reaching out to light into an ethereal sky setting, hinting at Michelangelo’s famous “Creation of Adam”.

This piece is an abstract representation of distorted memories intertwined with serene, imaginative creativity.

It is impossible to have life without having death.

I have always loved orchids and through this piece I realized just how much I love their vibrant colors and eccentric shapes.

My stone sculpture, Adieu, is inspired by Constantin Brancusi’s recurring theme of birds.

This artwork is the first really big canvas I did, it was very hard for me since I was very nervous about messing it up and not liking the out come.