The Sleeper Has Awakened Painting

I came to art late earning my degree in Art and Design from Utah Valley University in May 2019. My artistic influences are religious symbolism specifically the themes of love and death. I am heavily influenced by my favorite artists Paul Gauguin and Wassily Kandinsky their writings and work. I grew up the eldest of fourteen children in Utah County so family and religion influenced me greatly. I am the father of three children becoming a single parent while my children were still young after the death of my first wife to cancer. Oil painting is my obsession for expressing my hopes, dreams, and struggles. Art is life-changing, inspiring, and fulfilling. I hope that others can connect with and experience my paintings. I connect with the contemporary art movement called Ascensionism.