Alyrical

“Where there is no vision people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 My favorite bible verse, but not until I got older and found out how much my vision truly meant to me. From birth I have had a secret love affair with the arts, creating and winning awards as soon as first grade, but never saw it as something to pursue through adulthood, until I began to lose my eyesight. In the early days all of my paintings began to have some sort of emotional and lyrical influence, thus the name Alyrical began to form. Then a month after my junior year of college, my eyesight began deteriorating, after going to the optometrist where I was diagnosed with keratoconus and told they could do nothing for me and she would inevitably go blind. My talent and escape never meant more to me in that moment. Within a month my vision went from ok to legally blind in both eyes, using a magnify glass to read my cell phone. Doctor visit to visit and treatment after treatment, art began to look like a distant memory and taking its place was depression and fear. Months passed by and then I had received a phone call from a Pastor who wanted me to do interruptive paintings for the congregation, nervously I accepted. Those pieces became a turning point in my career, despite my disability I found my inner vision. Now exhibiting in Time Square, Art Basel, The Louvre and more.