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Art Gallery

Transformation

1997 - Current

This section is a work in progress. It shows my whole public portfolio to date. It's a lot! Search by year or scroll down to see the extent of my portfolio.

When I was a Pre-Teen in 1997 - 1999 (Age 11 - 13) I loved art and had some raw talent for drawing. My parents nurtured this talent by enrolling me into many different art classes and art schools. In these classes I was taught to draw the world as I saw it in front of me.  
1997 - 1999

Pre-Teen Years (1997 - 1999)

Age 11 - 13

2000 - 2004
In 2000 (Age 14) I started showing symptoms of bipolar disorder. As my mental health began to deteriorate, my art began shifting. I started to use street drugs and alcohol as a way to self-medicate. I still drew the world as I saw it before me, but my perception of reality was quickly becoming distorted.

Teenage Years (2000 - 2004)

Age 14 - 18

In 2005 (Age 19) I crashed into a deep depression. I stopped writing and drawing. A year later, in 2006 (Age 20), I picked up a pen again. For the most part, the pieces I created were colourful and vibrant. Despite this fact, they were drawings built on pain.
2005 - 2010

Early 20s (2006 - 2010)

Age 20 - 24

In 2011 (Age 25) my life began to change. My art took on a new direction. I began to incorporate geometric black and white patterns into my art style. These patterns became an integral part of my work, for as I drew them they brought on a meditative state which helped to balance out my depression and mania.

 

I officially turned my art into a business in 2011. From 2011 to 2018 my art represented stability in my health.

2011

2011

Age 25

2012

Age 26

2012

2013

Age 27

2013

2014

Age 28

2014
2015

2015

Age 29

2016

Age 30

2016

2017

Age 31

2017

2018

Age 32

2018
2019

In 2019 (Age 33) I began to enter psychosis again, which prompted my pieces to becomes more surrealistic. I also began keeping little sketchbooks that I call Art as Therapy. Although all my art has always been a form of therapy, the purpose of these sketchbooks was to let go of creating bigger art pieces with the hope of selling them and start creating less time consuming pieces just for myself.

2019

Age 33

2019

Triggers Journal (Age 33)

2020

My Art as Therapy continued in 2020, only creating two larger pieces that year as I experienced psychosis.

2019 - 2020

Madness Journal (Age 33)

2020

Age 34

2020

Age 34

2020

Conversations with the Algorithms (Age 34)

2021

The Art as Therapy sketchbooks continued into 2021 as I lived with and then began exiting psychosis. In 2021 I opened up commissions again.

2020 - 2021

Navigating Wonderland (Age 35)

2021

Age 35

2022

In 2022, I am continuing to keep Art as Therapy sketchbooks as well as am accepting commissions.

2021- 2022

Currently Untitled - Art as Therapy Sketchbook (Age 35 - 36)

2022

Age 36

In the eleven years since I officially turned my art into a career, I've gained an adequate amount of recognition through licensing, publications and having my products in retail locations. My technique and style continue to evolve, as does my subject matter.

Read my full Biography or watch me tell some of my story

in more depth on YouTube.

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