Memento vivereóremember to live. Where there's life, there's hope. That is the pulse of my work. I bring bold, visual narrative to shared human experiences, memorializing them like freeze-frames in the reel of history. My paintings are mirrors for introspection, entreaties to contemplate the exquisite in elemental life experience. For ì(un)written: things to say to our younger selves,î I address the struggle of navigating a journey toward healthy mental maturity through self-regulation, positive relationships, and spiritual enlightenment. I assembled transparent figures on a street, walking together. I collected ideas from people--things they wished they had known earlier in life--and wrote them on the canvas before veiling the words in black ink. Like a refining process activated by fire, the ink, when heated, reveals those truths.