2017 | Oil paint on canvas | 48 x 36 inches

2013 | Oil on linen | 122 x 102 cm

When did you start writing poetry? I started writing poetry when I was 13 years old, so around the time I started high school. Is there anything in particular that inspired you to start writing poetry? I grew up reading a lot of short stories and fiction in general, but poetry appealed to me because of its concision, the concentrated power of its…