Shaped by the Spotlight: A Portrait of Taylor Swift in Motion

This small square acrylic portrait captures a dynamic, layered moment from the Eras Tour—a celebration of reinvention, memory, and the music that defines a generation. In this painting, Taylor Swift is not just a subject—she is a force. Her figure emerges from and dissolves into her surroundings, a reflection of the way she is both shaped by the world around her, and constantly reshaping it in return.

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When the Girl with a Pearl Earring Looked Back at Me

There’s something magical about standing in front of a painting you’ve only ever seen in books. That moment happened to me in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, where I finally saw Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer—one of the most iconic works by a Dutch painter and a masterpiece of the Golden Age of Dutch painting.

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A Father’s Pride, A Son’s Dream

This painting captures a moment of deep pride and generational joy— Lin-Manuel Miranda standing beside his father Luis Miranda, just after the opening night of Hamilton in Hamburg. A dream realized—not just by one, but by both.

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