When I started making art, I didn’t think it would become political. I didn’t think it had to be.

But if you’ve been following my work….. whether from the beginning or you just found me through TikTok (Hi! I didn’t plan on this – I had like 1,000 followers less than a week ago) – you know now that it always was. I’ve had my work held during pride month showcases at various levels multiple times… I feel it’s my responsibility not just as an American, but as a human-being, to speak up, to speak out..

I’m an artist, yes. But I’m also someone who has lived through systems that fail us. Systems built to keep people quiet, compliant, divided. And that comes out in my work…. whether it’s a cryptid making (see the Lagoon) a quiet protest, or a piece like Liberty and Justice that puts freedom into the hands of those who rarely get to define it.

No Kings Day wasn’t just a moment. It was a mirror. A reminder that the people are watching. More importantly, that people are standing up. It showed us en masse that we’re not alone in our anger, our grief, our frustration, or our hope.

We’re human. We won’t always agree. My work won’t make everyone happy…. and that’s okay. Art isn’t meant to pacify. It’s meant to wake us up. Challenge us. Make us feel something real.

I talk about injustice not to divide, but to reflect. To hold a lens up to the world and ask: how did we get here? And more importantly… where do we go now?

From the Trump administration to the current waves of backlash against civil rights, I’ve seen what happens when we stop paying attention. I’ve also seen what happens when we pay attention together.

So no, my art isn’t apolitical. It never could be. Not when there are still people without clean water. Not when reproductive rights are being stripped. Not when freedom is treated as a privilege instead of a birthright. Not when they are kidnapping people in our streets..

This is where I started. This is where I am. And if you’re here now… you’re part of that story, too.

Welcome. There are no kings here. Just us.