Artist Statements I have always referred to art as a something that I enjoy doing, not something that I was told to do. I see it as a way to let me express myself and my favorite style using realistic techniques. I have always thought that by creating detailed and specific pictures, it will help to bring the image to life, which is why I always love to work with this type of style. And by working this way, I also discovered my love for the mediums charcoal and soft pastels. I feel like they help to create the right values and perfect color shades to make a unique piece. But in order to create my work, I start off with a general plan or outline based on what I am aiming to create. From then on, I just work on a steady path, coursing my way throughout the piece until I finish it. And at the end, adding a few finishing detail touches until I am completely satisfied with it. As a rising artist myself, I try to find my own unique perspective on what I like to create when it comes to art. I prefer a more fantasy like picture or a realistic image of a person or object. The majority of my pieces are always based off something that I have seen in my life whether it from a personal photograph or a drawing, or just something that stands out. I take pictures of those scenes and put them on paper. But whenever I am not working on a larger piece, I am sketching in a notebook or journal. Drawing out pictures of different scenes, people, and anything else that I create put of my pure imagination. Sometimes I take these sketches and use them for my bigger pieces. But one similarity that all my pieces share is that they tell a story of what they mean, what they represent, and even describing its purpose which I hope to share with those who look at them and are able to understand the detail and realistic qualities mixed in among the work. Art has always been part of my life. Ever since I was small, I always had a passion for it. The reason for that is because in art, you can create anything you like, expressing yourself through everything that you love and telling the world who you are. And just how everyone else has their own personal opinions to what they draw, I do as well by drawing what I like because all art is unique, and no one can replace this feeling that I have.