Gaman

'Gaman' means to endure the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.

Art was a saving grace for my family and I hope to carry on that tradition.

Creating beautiful things from simple yet unexpected materials is in my blood.

Gaman: to endure the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity

I found my muse - it's my family's firsthand pilgrimage through this literal and figurative desert that has taught me so much about the power of beauty and creativity.

create...beautiful things out of the most mundane mediums

With at least half of the camp population made up of children under the age of 17, the adults were determined to provide them with an illusion of normalcy.

Continue creating beautiful things, even when you feel voiceless, that your resources are limited, or that your well has run dry...The most valuable piece of art I own, a tiny umbrella fashioned out of trash, was made right in the middle of a literal and figurative desert.

I was using literal dollar-store chalk to create elaborate designs for some of the world's most influential people and brands. Creating beautiful things from simple and unexpected materials is in my blood.