“Hiraeth” – 11×14 oil on canvas
“If Only I Could Break Down The System” – 16×20 oil on canvas
“Voice The Victory And Unlearn The Ways Of Self Defeat” – 14×18 oil on canvas
“I Was Born Make Mistakes, But I Ain’t Scared To Take The Weight” – 14×18 oil on canvas
“For All Who Deny The Struggle, The Triumphant Overcome” –18×24 oil on canvas
“An intimate look at women in dirty/grimey places, showing that no matter where a woman is placed, the setting can be transformed. Like all things in nature, everything has an opposite. Black/ white, good/bad ugliness/beauty…the streets and it’s ugliness, women and their beauty, that’s one of the most honest truths of the world.”
– excerpt from my original sketchbook notes
– excerpt from my original sketchbook notes
“I want to be a mystery to you, untouchable, a star all to myself, a galaxy away from your starved fingers”
– Emily Palermo
“If you’re going through hell, keep going”
– Winston Churchhill
“Nobody can save you but yourself and you’re worth saving. It’s a war not easily won, but if anything is worth winning then this is it. Think about it. Think about saving yourself.”
– Charles Bukowski
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