Talent STAR27

“I have known the lost souls who haunt this world searching for life in all the wrongs places, I was one of them. They are lost to to exploitation, and hang a price tag on their bodies and souls; these are the subjects who populate my works."

The world is filled with bright lights to dazzle the eyes, and fast ways to thrill the senses. My work reflects on the examples I have seen of the casualties of this twisted consumerism based society we live in today. Those who stray into self-destruction seeking basic needs: love, acceptance, and happiness, and find it in dangerous places. I try to use my medium to undermine preconceptions and expose a society that praises wealth, possessions, and its own predetermined standards of beauty, at any cost. The artist grew up in a loving home and began creating at a young age. Fearful of the world around him he strayed into addiction. I was an illusion of great freedom, but proved to be a prison that he was locked in for many years. He spent time in Manhattan, San Francisco, and all points in between. Always looking for the next thrill, he soon lost his health, peace of mind, and spirituality. Today he resides on Florida’s West Coast where he creates art about the darkness he has seen, and the light he has found.