WHAT IS A PIECE THAT YOU HOPE TO COMPLETE AT SOME POINT IN YOUR
JOURNEY AND WHY (CAN BE SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, BOTH, ETC.)?
I have a lot of really weird personal paintings that I want to do
for myself. I want to do a huge 4’x5’ canvas of Patrick Bateman
from American Psycho, that one photo where he has blood all over
his face. I swear I’m not a psychopath, but I really want a
painting of that in my house. I also weirdly want a huge painting
of Slappy from Goosebumps “Night of the Living Dummy.” I feel like
everyone thinks I’m joking when I say that, but I’m actually
serious. Another painting I really want to do one day is a huge
mural of an anime scene with myself as the main character. Anyone
who comes to my house and sees these paintings is either going to
think really crazy or really cool-I guess I’ll find out.
WHO IS SOMEONE THAT YOU’VE DEPICTED THAT YOU’VE EITHER HAD OR
HAVEN’T MET YET THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A FULL DAY WITH, AND
WHY?
I would probably say Tyler the Creator or Frank Ocean. Tyler seems
like an absolute crazy person and I would love to spend a day with
that energy. Frank Ocean is a god in my eyes, so I would also love
to spend a day with him as well. Also, I don’t know if this counts,
but I recently painted Stewie from Family Guy on a bag and I would
love to spend a day with Seth MacFarlane as well.
IS THERE ANYONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHOW LOVE TO FOR HELPING YOU GET
TO WHERE YOU ARE? IF NOT, CONGRATS ON BEING WHERE YOU ARE AT!
Definitely my parents! My parents were always so supportive of my
art from childhood. It’s funny because I always hear stories about
people who want to pursue art, but their parents won’t let them.
For me, it was kind of the opposite. Me and my mom used to get into
fights because she wanted me to go to art school but I didn’t want
to go. In retrospect, it was never that I didn’t want to pursue art
as a career, it was more that I didn’t believe in myself enough to
think that it would be possible. It’s nice to know that my parents
believed in me so much from the start. Even now, my parents do so
much to help with shipping, picking up prints, moving canvases
around my house, etc. I also owe a lot to everyone who supports me!
I gained so much attention through twitter and Instagram, and I
really owe that to everyone who likes, retweets/reposts my photos.