Artist Statement: The truth is, what I'm trying to do is pretty simple: make art that provides escapism and/or is an improvement over a blank wall. But this is an Artist Statement, and Artist Statements demand more majesty and profundity than that. And bigger words. They also have to be way longer. So let’s start over, okay? Let me restate the above with grandiloquence that meets Artist Statement guidelines: In the lofty realm of artistic expression, my ambition unfurls as a relentless drive to create creations that at once transcend mundanity and offer refuge from the banal. My raison d’être lies in summoning forth works that beckon the very soul into realms of escapism, providing an oasitic sanctuary from the tedium of everyday existence. Through my artistry, I strive not merely to adorn a vacant wall but to infuse it with vitality by breathing life into inert canvases, transforming them into portals that ignite imagination and elevate the spirit.