Artist Statement

If asked to say how I perceive my artworks, I would say that I see them as mirrors reflecting life in unconventional ways. Each work represents a passage in life, exploring feelings, dreams, desires, sins, regrets—in short, the various aspirations and difficulties that human beings experience in their everyday life and in their spiritual existence.

I base my artworks on real events and personal experiences. I try to tell these stories through personal contemplation, with a mixture of figurative images, symbolism, lines and abstract shapes.

By combining abstract shapes, lines and shadows, I strive to create a mood within which the main artistic plot may unfold. I seek to invite a viewer’s consciousness to roam free, interpreting an artwork in his/her own way. Yet I provide figurative images and symbolism to provide viewers realistic parameters to guide them to discover and embrace the main idea or content of a work. In the end, though, I believe that each piece of art does not have a specific significance, for its import can change with the thoughts and beliefs of each particular viewer.

“Art is a thin line that unifies the existence of a conscience reality with the experiences learned from our judgments.”

                                                                                                              —Nicolas Gracey