About Travis

Short Version

Everybody has something extraordinary inside them. My job is to capture it and honor it in a painting. I hide important details and symbols within the painting that are intended only for the collector… these are the little secrets that energize their inner power.

Travis’s Purpose & Backstory

When I was 19 years old, I was riding in the passenger seat of a car that hydroplaned across a highway and slammed head-on into another vehicle.

The crash left me with a severe concussion. By the time I was in the ambulance, I couldn’t remember my address, who the president was, or even my own name. The paramedics kept asking simple questions, and I realized I didn’t know the answers. For a period of time, I completely lost my identity.

It was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.

But years later, when I looked back on that night, it wasn’t the fear that stayed with me most.

What stayed with me was the realization that even when everything else had been stripped away, there was still something inside me that remained.

Even though I couldn’t remember who I was, I was still joking with the paramedics. I was still trying to make people smile. Somehow, I was still holding myself together in the middle of one of the worst moments I had ever experienced.

That experience left me with a question.

What was that thing inside me that remained when everything else disappeared?

Years later, I found another piece of the answer standing in front of Michelangelo’s David in Florence.

Like most artists, I had seen photographs of the sculpture countless times. But standing in front of it in person was something entirely different. I spent hours studying it, sketching it, and trying to understand why it affected me so deeply.

Then it clicked.

Most people look at David and see a masterpiece.

Michelangelo saw something else first.

He saw potential.

The marble block David was carved from had been considered damaged and unusable. Other artists had abandoned it. But Michelangelo looked beyond the flaws and saw something powerful hidden underneath. He removed everything that didn’t belong until the strength and beauty that were already there could finally be seen.

Standing there, I realized that people are no different.

We spend so much time focusing on our mistakes, our fears, our failures, and the parts of ourselves we think are broken. But underneath all of that, there is something stronger. There is something beautiful. There is something powerful waiting to be uncovered.

The car accident showed me that truth.

David gave me the language to understand it.

Since then, that idea has guided everything I do.

I’ve been fascinated by art, color, music, and creating for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I painted on sidewalks with water, built things constantly, and filled my school notes with drawings and animations. Creativity was never something I chose. It was simply part of who I was.

Today, my work is driven by a desire to help people remember what I learned through those experiences.

That they are stronger than they think.

That they are more capable than they realize.

That there is beauty beneath the surface, even when life has left scars behind.

Through vibrant colors, hidden details, and a balance of chaos and control, I want my work to invite people to look deeper. Not just at the painting, but at themselves.

Because every person has something extraordinary within them.

Sometimes they just need a reminder to see it.

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