“Though life is uncertain, I know Paris will never leave me. Like my art, it will always be there to draw me back in.”

“From the Louvre to the cobblestoned streets of Montmartre, Paris has already hinted at the changes coming into my life and the bright possibilities that lie ahead in the near future…”

“…what this composition did teach me is how to silence the inner voice, and sometimes outer critics, that say you cannot paint.”

“…being an artist doesn’t mean you have to make art every day, but rather it is how you incorporate it throughout your lifetime that matters most.”

“This is what convinced me that I must in fact be living in a fairy tale. One can only deduce that if bad things have happened, then the good things in fairy tales must be real, too…”