I'm an emerging self-taught oil painter from Kingston, Canada painting expressive portraits.  My artistic journey began at a very young age, realizing quickly that I had a knack for observational drawing, later took interest in graffiti and spent years in that world at the same time learning digital painting where I taught myself my foundational skills. 

 

My first body of work is a meditation on the passage of time, memory, and the quiet suffering that lingers beneath nostalgia of a simpler time. Through a combination of red, yellow, green and blue juxtaposed against deep blacks, I attempt to evoke the faded memory of childhood play during a time of half-remembered day dreams and retro cinematic echoes of the past. Each portrait in solitude is a glimpse into an unresolved moment in a void, inviting viewers to step into their own introspection.

The paintings are my visual dialogue between nostalgia and suffering, exploring how personal and collective memory shape our emotional landscapes. The interplay of muted tones, soft light, and deep contrasts creates an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, where figures seem shackled between past and present. I am drawn to the ritual of painting as a means of preserving fleeting emotions, capturing the melancholic beauty of my world in constant transition. Through this process, I hope to provide a space for reflection—where the audience can recognize something within the work that resonates with their own unspoken emotions, bridging the gap between personal narrative and universal experience.