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Light, hope, plans, and chaos
I paint many subjects – clouds, flowers, landscapes, animals. But the thing that ties them all together is white light. I am inspired my light and show it shines through and around whatever subject I paint. There is something about the way the light hits the subject that brings out the soul of whatever it is that I paint. There is something good and pure about it. In my paintings, there is hope and optimism. My paintings are an escape from a world where sometimes it’s hard


Why am I an artist? Why do I paint?
Those are good questions. I feel like those questions are along the same lines as questions like “why do birds sing?” or “why does the wind blow?”. Rise Above Making art has always been a thing I did naturally. There’s this inner voice, this calling, this intuition, that has compelled me whenever I picked up a pencil, pen, or paintbrush. I scribbled like most children do. I doodled when I was bored as a teenager. I picked up coloured pencils and drew characters from cartoons


Why buy original art?
That’s a good question. Today, there are lots of ways to fill your walls – photos, prints from big box stores, or printed canvases you can buy online. But in today’s world where we feel so disconnected, original art reminds us how to be human. Original art is made by a human being who dedicated years to their craft and poured their soul into the piece. You can feel something through every brushstroke, every colour choice, and every decision that was made. You can stare at the
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