Purpose

โ€œ๐™‹๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š is a very special painting to me. It was an outlet painting, created as a release while I was preparing for my solo show, โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ฎ.โ€ โฃ

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Although having prepared for several shows in the past, successfully, I still could not shake the fear that was pumping through my veins. I found myself worrying about whether anyone will show up, whether I will sell, and whether anyone will like the new + very different style of work I was creating. โฃ

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When my mind + emotions run wild, I know to STOP paintingโ€”because my emotions will โ€œchangeโ€ the energy + the final result of the painting. So I decided to paint on a new, blank canvas to help release my fears.โฃ

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๐™‹๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š reflects on the purpose of my ego. The purpose of fear. Fear + ego, can at times cause so much pain, but they can also be the impetus for actionโ€”for creation. As an artist, where the words: โ€œme,โ€ โ€œmy,โ€ and โ€œI,โ€ constantly come up when discussing my work. Keeping my ego in check can be difficult. My art, is me. My work feels so revealing and vulnerableโ€”even mysterious to myself. If someone loves my work, I feel like they love me. If someone critiques my work, it feels like they are critiquing my soul. โฃ

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To exhibit work is exhilarating, rewarding, and extremely frightening. ๐™‹๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š was my way of working through my fear so that I can continue to do the work I feel I was created for.โ€โฃ

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- AVM Hawkins โฃ

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๐™€๐™ญ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ:โฃ

๐——๐—˜๐—จ๐—ซ with Hugo Perez (Dec. 2021)โฃ

๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—— Group Exhibition (Oct. 2021)โฃ

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๐˜ผ๐™‘๐™ˆ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ is a contemporary fine artist based in Houston, Texas. ๐˜ผ๐™‘๐™ˆ is an Contemporary Abstract Expressionist, who specializes in custom created + large scale paintings, created from the soul. โฃ

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๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค, ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฉ๐— ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ.โฃ