{"ops":[{"attributes":{"background":"#fafafa","color":"#000000"},"insert":"I am a self-taught artist who began drawing intuitively, without formal training or instruction. My work developed organically—guided by observation, emotion, and the need to process experience rather than by academic rules or technique."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#fafafa","color":"#000000"},"insert":"Through symbolic anatomy and expressionist portraiture, I explore awareness, endurance, and the quiet ways people adapt in order to survive. Eyes, hearts, and organic forms recur throughout my work as markers of perception and emotional memory—what is seen, felt, and carried beneath the surface before it can be spoken."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#fafafa","color":"#000000"},"insert":"Working primarily in graphite and charcoal, I allow raw line, pressure, and contrast to remain visible. I’m interested in honesty over polish, letting marks show where something was felt rather than refined."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#fafafa","color":"#000000"},"insert":"My work is not about spectacle."},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#fafafa","color":"#000000"},"insert":"It is about recognition."},{"insert":"\n"}]}