Although I am self-taught artist who fell in love with creating art when just a child, I also earned BA’s in Fine Arts and Anthropology. I see creating art as an innate compulsion, the purpose of which remains to be revealed. I am inspired by the folk art design styles of Mexican, Central American, Venetian and Middle Eastern customs, both traditional and modern. I love to experiment with different media: I create surreal portraiture and landscapes in oils and acrylics, as well as paper mache masks using found materials. I also create paper mache sculpture such as my...more