Chapter one
A painting at my grandmother’s house
When I was young, I saw a painting at my grandmother’s house in Chicago and asked who made it. That was the first time I heard my grandfather’s name in connection with art.
Father • Husband • Artist
Bold abstract work rooted in memory, ancestry, and everyday life.
My work begins with instinct, emotion, and lived experience. I don’t always know what a piece means when I start — the finished work reveals what I was carrying.
A first look at the work, the stories behind it, and the pieces shaping what I’m making now.
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Sometimes the art understands me before I do.
Artist statement
Selected works
Selected works
Explore prints and original pieces drawn from lived experience, reflection, and change.
Featured piece
Featured piece
We’re raised to keep family close.
Grandparents, uncles, aunties —
the ones holding us together.
Now it's our turn
to nourish what’s broken.
Grandparents, uncles, aunties —
the ones holding us together.
Now it's our turn
to nourish what’s broken.
Story
The meaning comes after
Many of my pieces don’t begin with meaning. I start with movement — shapes, lines, and color. The meaning arrives later, once the work has had time to speak back to me.
Chapter two
Meeting my grandfather
Not long after, my mother picked him up and he got in the car beside me. Watching him paint in our basement planted something creative in me that never fully left.
Chapter three
Finding my way back
After my grandfather passed, I stopped drawing for a while. Later, my uncle helped bring that part of me back in a new way and shaped the artist I am now.
Process
How the work takes shape
I create original digital work through color, geometry, and instinct. Birds often stand in for my children, while faces in the background suggest ancestors watching over me.
