I paint people, mostly Black and Brown people whose stories are too often left out. I'm a Haitian American figurative painter and muralist. I was born in Nyack, New York, raised in Florida, and now live and work on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

I grew up in foster care, in a house full of Japanese antiques and hip-hop culture. My foster mother made sure I knew where I came from. She taught me my Haitian Caribbean roots and Black culture, and she taught me to love American culture as a whole and to believe that people of every nationality belong together.

I paint in oil, building up my backgrounds with cold wax so they feel rough and layered, then painting the figures in close detail on top. Clothing matters to me, because what someone wears tells you how they want to be seen. Bees and mosaic mirrors keep showing up in my paintings. For me they stand for community, and for being seen.

On walls, I bring the same portraits into public space, in murals from New York and Boston to Atlanta, Miami, Dallas and St. Croix, so a whole neighborhood can see itself.

In 2025 I did a residency at Studio Kura in Fukuoka, Japan, and it brought my childhood home back into focus. Now I build rooms around my paintings where people can sit down, share tea or a meal, and stay a while.

I want the people I paint to be remembered, and I want everyone who walks in to feel welcome.