Eclectic; fantasy or fantastical realism; rich use of color, great depth, and full of life.
My dynamic family environment exposed me to many different art mediums from a very young age. I come from a very diverse cultural background having been born and raised on the beautiful Hawaiian island of O’ahu. My parents divorced when I was around a year old so with the expansion of my family into two households, I was gifted with many early influential artists to draw guidance and inspiration from at a very young age.
My mother is a master craftswoman and my father is a musician, gifted with talent to play any instrument by ear. After divorce my mother eventually dated a brilliant professional artist that my artists’ heart imprinted on and I developed a hunger for creating. My family recognized this about me from a very young age and always encouraged me to explore my artistic curiosities. I am grateful to both my immediate and extended family and friends for all the support throughout my early childhood years.
As a child I attended the Honolulu Academy of Arts and in my freshman year of high school I took art as an elective, but otherwise, I just use my brushes, pens, pencils and wood burners however my heart desires in my own style.
I have been developing my style and craft since I was a young child. My artistic style is ever changing, evolving along with my moods and deeper understanding of myself. I feel that anything I explore to create is an extension of my energy, my unique stamp on this reality. I am affected by light and energy in a very spiritual way. I see rainbows of light pulsing throughout my every day life. When I close my eyes I can see an extraordinary light show of shapes, patterns, pulsating spirals of light that changes from purple, blue then to green and often white and it feels like I’m immersed within the space of this light filling the darkness. When I paint I try to put the light I see when I close my eyes into the subject matter of my artwork.