My art practice is the space where I have reclaimed my voice, allowing my first love of storytelling to continue through abstract art. My life has been defined by an immersion in creativity since early childhood. My father lived and breathed mid-century modern design, filling our home with furniture defined by clean lines and thoughtful form—a lesson in composition and structure. Later, my mother’s abstract paintings inhabited every room, serving as vibrant bursts of color that made her personal emotions visible. I often watched my grandmother with quiet reverence as she lovingly completed her "rose paint-by-numbers," driven by an intense need to create something beautiful. Though I spent decades shaping other people’s narratives in the demanding worlds of sports television and documentary filmmaking, that fundamental urge to build something tangible never faded. My shift from film to abstract art is an attempt to capture the depth that words and moving images alone cannot hold.