3D Studio Art - Sculpture
Death has always been a factor in my life growing up. I spent a lot of time around it, and I did not fear it. Rather, it interested me. Memento Mori, the popular Latin sentiment many have used to refer to this phenomenon, could be described as a main idea in my work. From my monthly walks through cemeteries with my grandfather, to the thoughts of my own mortality that swarmed my young brain—I have never been a stranger to this concept. Moreover, my love for marrying whimsy with morbidity is still every present in my work. I cannot deny the twisted draw I feel for mixing childhood nostalgia with the ever-looming cloud of death most of us try to ignore. There is a sense of power in being able to influence your audience into feeling something. It can nurture a sense of intimacy between artist and viewer. There is a sense of magic in that.
