Old sketches, given a second life.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧.
𝐈’𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 & 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞.
Some came from strong emotions.
Some came from passing thoughts.
Others came from quiet moments I could not explain.
𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝.
Some were misunderstood.
𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 strange, unfinished, or 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 to see it.
Back story, it was an interior designer client who asked me if I could turn her hand painted artwork into custom wallpaper as a bed focal wall as I was doing 3d rendering for her.
That simple question made me look back at everything I had kept.
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭.
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠.
The artwork is developed through digital illustration, professional creative software, and carefully directed AI assisted tools.
But every final piece is shaped by my eye, my memories, and the way I see color, form, and mood.
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 too and thats ok.
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 something when they see 𝐢𝐭.
My hope is to turn these once ideas into meaningful wall art, decorative pillow covers, and wallpaper for living rooms, bedrooms, entryways, fireplace walls, and homes that want more than ordinary decoration but with a story to tell.
Maybe you know what it feels like to be misunderstood, overlooked, or told that what you created was not enough.
So this art is for that part of it.
The part that waited.
The part that stayed.
The part that never lost its meaning.
𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 & 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 and a place to belong.
