The Bond Between Mother and Child-Wisdom and Wide-Eyed

A Part of the Same World

Mr. K.

The Giraffe

Hearts Soar

A Fantastic Night

Breaking Boundaries

Sisters

The Path To the Seeing Tree

Seeing is a Choice

I'm a firm believer is what the title of my drawing says. The ability to see things for what they are is a choice..a difficult one. I can't say that I make that choice very often but I do try to accept the good and bad about myself and about the things and people around me. This picture has some pretty direct symbolism.

You Make My Mornings Brighter

Gluttony

This picture was inspired in part by the word "gluttony" and in part by the movie Pan's Labyrinth. The kind of slimy and nondescript quality the character has is supposed to show that its gluttonous and ill-intentioned inner self is ugly and hard to look at. Though I think I could make pictures that appear much happier and are prettier to look at and I do occasionally, I really enjoy creating crazy looking creatures with a surreal feel that have deep messages tagged on.

Silhouette: Terrifying the Sky

The Root of the Problem

Family

My family shapes my world. Without them, I'd be far less...well, less of anything that makes me proud and glad about who I am. One of the many things I have been taught by them is strength. I don't know that they ever intended to make me grow up as strong as I feel I am, but nonetheless, that is what I am. While there are plenty of pretty negative things I have picked up from them, I have picked up the ability to see that change is indeed possible. I have learned that I can be whatever it is I want to be and change what I think that is at any point in time. They've also taught me how to act with a lot of heart, a lot of logic, and a lot of understanding. Though I can't say I have a lot of confidence that all people will see things my way, I can say I definitely try to see things from other people's points of view, if only for the sake of understanding. This picture is meant to describe the way my family tends to function in my eyes. Though I won't go through and describe what every nuance means or who each character represents, I will say that if you look past the dark seeming picture, you'll find a lot of love and a lot of the good qualities I feel my family possesses.

A Diamond in The Rough

And When They Meet, The World Conspires

"Reaching for the Sun"

I'm Sort of a Painter

I have several things I'm passionate about, one person I want to share them with, and one thing I'm in love with. What I'm in love with is making things that I see as meaningful or beautiful. I don't know that really anyone else sees what I make as meaningful or beautiful, but as long as I'm proud of it, I'm pretty confident eventually someone else will have to agree somewhere down the line. I want to discover and be discovered. My favorite kind of paintings to make are ones that tell some sort of a story. I'm not a big fan of making things that just look pretty. To me, that's a waste of an opportunity and a point of view.

It Is What It Is

I think most of us are lonely. We tend to feel dissatisfied with what our lives have amounted to and we feel like we've ended up somewhere we had not intended to be. Maybe there are some people out there who feel they are just fine how they are and they have all the people around them that they need. But I wouldn't buy it if they told me they believed it. The nature of our greedy selves and perhaps highly intelligent selves is to always want more than what we have. I for one feel that this constant need for change is what keeps our world growing and changing for the better, but unfortunately it's also what makes most of us unhappy from time to time. I'm on a quest to find a place where I can be just content with who I am and who I surround myself with but still have that thirst for more.-That drive to be better. That's what I want. I just am unsure of how to get there for now.