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ACTIVITIES
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THE BODY
AS PRACTICE
I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a blue belt. The mat is one of the few places where thinking too much will get you tapped out — you have to react, adapt, and accept when you lose. I've been submitted by smaller people more times than I can count, and that's the point.
Archery came later. It's the opposite of BJJ in almost every way — no opponent, no urgency, just you and the stillness between breaths. The arrow doesn't care how you're feeling that day.
Daily conditioning keeps everything running. Not for aesthetics — for the simple fact that having energy changes how you move through the rest of life.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Ground grappling, positional control, submissions. The sport where the smaller person can win if they're smarter.
Focus, breath control, stillness under pressure. The discipline of archery is mostly about learning to do nothing while everything tries to make you flinch.
Strength and endurance work that supports everything else. Consistency over intensity. The goal is showing up tomorrow.
THE STUDIO
OIL
PAINTING
I've been painting with oils since I was a teenager. There's something about a medium that dries slowly and demands commitment — you can't undo a stroke, you can only paint over it, and you carry every previous decision forward.
Most of my work starts without a clear plan. I mix a color that feels right, make a mark, and respond to it. The discipline is in resisting the urge to over-explain — in painting, too much intention usually kills the thing you were trying to make.
I work across oil, acrylic, charcoal, and mixed media. The gallery below is the work that made it past my own editing — 13 pieces kept from the ones that didn't.
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MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas | 2024
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2024
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MEDIUM: Acrylic | 2024
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2024
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MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas | 2023
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MEDIUM: Acrylic | 2023
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2023
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MEDIUM: Charcoal | 2023
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MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas | 2023
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2023
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MEDIUM: Marker | 2026
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MEDIUM: Marker | 2026
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MEDIUM: Watercolor | 2026
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MEDIUM: Watercolor | 2026
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MEDIUM: Watercolor | 2026
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MEDIUM: Mural | 2026
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MEDIUM: Watercolor | 2026
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MEDIUM: Pencil | 2026
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MEDIUM: Pencil | 2022
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2020
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2020
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2020
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2021
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2022
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2023
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2025
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MEDIUM: Mixed Media | 2026
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CURIOSITY & STRATEGY
CHESS
& BOOKS
I've been playing chess seriously for a few years. At 1800 I'm comfortable with most tactical patterns — the gap now is not calculation, it's judgment about when to exchange pieces and when to keep the tension.
I study endgames more than openings. Openings are memorized — endgames are understood. That distinction matters.
CURRENTLY READING / HAVE READ
A man who convinces himself his own logic is airtight, then watches it collapse under the weight of what he can't reason away. The most honest book about arrogance I've read.
Useful for putting everything in context. The agricultural revolution as the greatest con in human history is a framing I think about more than I expected when I first read it.
Still astonishing that one person observed this much and made it cohere. The argument builds so carefully that by the time you reach the conclusion, it already feels inevitable.
