When you see the world through compassion and love, you find truth in the people that you know. You see their weeknesses, their strengths, their abilities, and at times, you even see their demons. The beauty is in the decay. It lies in the temporary and the imperfections. Nothing is permanant. Nothing is constant except change, except growth, and the everlasting spark of life inside the soul. These paintings reflect and expand on this idea. They illuminate the bruises and the blemishes. They sculpt the psyche and the spirtual highlighted by the experiences of those mirrored inside them.

All of these images started out in the dark. But it was color and light that carved them and gave them gravity.These paintings attempt to capture more than a traditional portrait. They illustrate Humanity in all it’s glory and complexity. Eash figure is frozen in a moment of decision. A decision trapped between an opportunity to become a more beautiful soul, or a more monstrous one.