When I get up in the morning, all I think about is what I'm going to paint.

As an artist, I'm influenced by the world around me and beyond. I focus on being receptive to everything – photos, dreams, architecture, music, people, emotions and colors, which I then translate into my own language through paint.

I work in acrylics, oils, gunpowder, and spray paint – and fire even comes in to play at times. I've been an artist since 1997 and a singer-songwriter since forever.