I realized I was an artist at a very young age.

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Around the age of 5 or 6, my parents signed me up for a free consultation with an art teacher. I sat in on the class, did the activities, and remember hearing the teacher rave about the work I'd done afterwards. It surprised me. And it was in that moment, even at that young age, I realized maybe I had something.

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For years, drawing and illustrating were my artistic playground. Then, weirdly enough, a pair of Jordans changed my life. There was something about them that I thought was just so beautiful, and I needed to understand why. The shapes, colors, proportions, balance—all of the things that made them work as one.

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That curiosity eventually led me into graphic design, and the principles I learned through graphic design are what really changed my eye. It taught me to think beyond illustration and begin understanding why something works visually. I still see much of that influence in my work today.

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Painting came later, almost by accident.

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At an early job, I used to doodle on receipt paper to pass time. People liked the drawings and kept suggesting I should try painting. Eventually I thought, fuck it, why not? I fell in love with it instantly. I realized a canvas felt like a much larger, much more deliberate piece of receipt paper. And the more I painted, the more I started seeing my inner voice come through.

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A lot of that voice probably comes from the way my brain processes the world. I experience synesthesia. When I hear music, I see colors—not literally; it's hard to explain. Colors just have a sound and an effect to me. Sprinkle in being an '80s kid, a music lover, pop culture, dyslexia, ADHD, and a brain that's always worked a little differently, and...well, you get this.

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Then came tattooing.

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To me, tattooing might be the ultimate form of art. It's as personal as it gets. Something I create is literally going onto another person's body, permanently. And I love that tattooing asks almost the opposite of me that painting does. I paint with full freedom, spontaneity and instinct.

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Tattooing, on the other hand, demands precision, fine motor control and deliberate intention.

They're two completely different disciplines, and that's exactly what I love about them.

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Drawing. Painting. Tattooing. Designing. They're all one voice in different colors.

And what you're looking at is one person's unadulterated voice.

I just hope my work can communicate something strongly enough that it resonates with you, even if you're not quite sure why.

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I think, somewhere in there, lies what we call art.