Why I Want To Pursue An Art Museum

From early on, I have been infatuated with history and museums as repositories of the past. This has shaped my artistic narrative, which is steeped in historical context and influenced by the masters of the past such as Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Artemisia Gentileschi to name a few. Eschewing the derivative, I bring a modern twist and a sense of whimsy to my interpretations (and perhaps some teenage angst as well). My goal is to provide more than a visual footprint of the human struggle, but to make my art feel about world building -- like there is an entirely new visual vocabulary built that the viewer gets to enter.

Those who know me characterize me as an independent and accepting person with no qualms about standing up for

I have a strong sense of self and value honesty above all else. I guide myself in a manner where I respect everyone and anyone, but will not tolerate others who do not do the same. Generally, I can be a somewhat reserved person. However, when I am in, artistically speaking, a creative environment -- whether walking the halls of an art museum or painting or drawing in a studio -- an inner jauntiness seeps out (I have been known to attract impromptu groups of tourists at art museums). For example, I attracted an impromptu following of tourists when I visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence two summers ago with my maternal grandfather. This was not, as I initially thought, just because I was speaking English as a native and the tourists found it more understandable than the rough English spoken by local tour guides. It was, as my grandfather observed, because my knowledgeable enthusiasm for the artistic wonders that surrounded me (particularly, the Greco-Roman busts) was so strong