***Artist Statement***

Throughout my young art career, I have created paintings and drawings through programs that allow me to express my own emotions and to connect with those of others. As a young artist, my work is meant to appeal to other teenagers to trigger emotion or humor. Some of my works are representations of my interests and abilities of programs to convey a message. Through symbols and characters that appear commonly in the lives of a teenager or in the media, or with familiar objects, I am able to convey a reaction from an audience. With songs that are not discovered by many and with subjects that represent interests, I can depict a whole story worth a thousand or a million words, depending on whoever will see my work. The symbols of music groups and common places are familiar to me and can be relatable to people who have the same interests.