I think of creating art almost like making a song, I am inspired by the subconscious and dreams. I like to explore the meaning of dreams and subconscious thoughts people have. I explore core memories that are with us for life, both good and bad. I draw inspiration from stories in my life, people in my life, and impressions from people that I’m not directly connected to. I capture some of these impressions at the moment, often with photography.  I also imagine scenes in my head and recreate the emotion and feeling of them in my sketchbook first and then proceed to create a potential image of the art. I reimagine scenes and scenarios, magnifying the emotion in the scene. I will recreate the experience and express my emotions about the situation from the perspective of the people in the art and how the situation was observed. I delve into many different media, my most prominently being paintings, photography, and sketching, Texture is a focal point in my work and I find there are constantly new ways to experiment and achieve texture. I often use vivid colours linked with dark colour palettes.  The themes I explore in my works include escapism, loneliness, mortality, and love. I want people to view my art and apply their own sentiments yet feel that the experience is shared and they are not alone. I use texture in my artworks to not only visualize the place I am describing but to feel the place as well. My painting, City Nights, is an example of what I felt during a late-night lost in Toronto