'If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: 'I am here to live out loud.'' Emile Zola
At a young age, I was influenced by the stylized illustrations in my childhood books. The simplicity of the interpretation of the world through the stylized drawings brought a calmness and peacefulness to the landscape of life. The clean lines and uncomplicated images were compelling to a child living in a complex and sometime chaotic world. Rediscovering my love of art later in my life, I rejected realism and found myself moving toward stylization as I remembered the...more