Born to Create
This collection is about becoming.
About trusting yourself before you’re ready.
About choosing creation when it would be easier to stay comfortable.
About this Collection
Born to Create is a five-piece mixed media series on 18 x 24 inch canvas, created without rules, limits, or expectations. I intentionally worked smaller to give myself room to experiment. To follow instinct instead of outcome. Each piece reflects what lives inside my head: the push and pull between wanting to feel understood and fully expressing the stranger, louder, more unconventional parts of myself.
This series is my way of celebrating my birthday and the thing I am most grateful for: my ability to self-express. Creating has always been how I process, communicate, and exist in the world, and this body of work honors that freedom. It is a reminder to myself that expression is a gift, not something to shrink or explain away.
Influenced by Andy Warhol’s boldness, repetition, and unapologetic visual language, these works remix American iconography through my own lens. I didn’t plan these paintings, I let them happen, trusting my hands and my instincts. They are bold, loud, layered, and emotionally charged—just like me.
Each painting is a one-of-one original. No prints exist. This series is 100% authentic to who I am and how I create when I give myself complete freedom.
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The eagle represents instinct, power, and survival. In this piece, it becomes a reflection of my drive to create freely and fiercely, even when that urge feels misunderstood. The bold, graphic leads while the mixed media layers speak to complexity beneath the surface. This is about claiming my voice and trusting my creative instincts with no permission required. 18 inches x 24 inches. One of one.
This piece is my most chaotic of the series and the most difficult to share. The torch, traditionally a symbol of hope, transforms into a skull—blending my biggest dreams with mortality. This piece questions the cost of dreaming boldly. It speaks to creative obsession and the reality that true expression often comes from confronting darker truths. It’s provocative, unapologetic, and a little weird. Heavily inspired by the great Andy Warhol, my biggest inspiration, this piece embraces my sense of humor and my ability to feel vulnerable while creating. 18 inches by 24 inches. One of one.
This first split of the Statue of Liberty explores fragmentation. How identity can feel divided between who you are and who you expect you to be. This piece captures the tension of self acceptance. It reflects the beginning of an internal conversation: what does freedom really LOOK like when you’re an artist? Artistry is in the eye of the beholder. 18 inches by 24 inches. One of one.
This final split is the most raw and my personal favorite. The image feels connected while embracing contradiction. It represents an emotional fire that lets the desire to create exist. The layering and intensity reflect the weight of feeling deeply and creating from that place without restraint. Trusting the self and allowing the images to click in to place. 18 inches x 24 inches. One of one.
The second split dives deeper into expression and distortion. The familiar icon becomes less stable, more emotional, and more personal. This piece represents the discomfort of showing your truest ideas. The balance of normalcy and pure chaos, teetering on the edge of intuition and compulsion. Fear disguised as logic. 18 inches as 24 inches. One of one.
Allegiance
July 2025 Collection:
