A Quiet Honor at Clearview Towers: Where My Work Meets Its Community
Miami, FL — Most of my painting begins in silence — the kind of silence that invites emotion to surface. I never know where a piece will eventually land or who it might speak to; I simply follow color, rhythm, and instinct until the work feels complete. The rest is trust — that each painting will find the home it’s meant to have.
Recently, that trust brought me to a quietly beautiful moment.
My artworks are now on permanent display at the Clearview Towers lobby gallery, sharing the space with the iconic art of Lebo. It’s a sentence I never imagined I would write. Standing there for the first time, seeing my pieces living among his, I felt an unexpected stillness — a soft sense of belonging, as though the work had found its voice inside a larger conversation.
For anyone in Miami, the name Lebo needs little explanation. David Le Batard — known simply as Lebo — was a defining artistic force in the city. His bold lines, saturated palettes, and narrative energy reshaped the way Miami sees contemporary art. His murals became landmarks, his imagery a language. For countless artists, he set the tone for what it means to create fearlessly and live through your work.
Knowing that my art now hangs beside his feels like a great honor. Like being welcomed into a story that began long before me.
Miami’s creative community has an openness that’s hard to describe — a spirit that holds space for unconventional voices, new ideas, and the kind of expressive honesty that only art can capture. Being part of that community has taught me that milestones don’t always arrive with fanfare. Sometimes they whisper. Sometimes they look like familiar walls illuminated in a new way.
What moves me most is the thought that these paintings will continue their journey here — meeting new eyes, new hearts, day after day. Their story is no longer just mine; it’s shared with everyone who pauses, notices, or simply passes through and feels something.
To the Clearview Towers community — thank you for giving my work a home.
To the Miami art family — I’m honored to stand among you.
And to everyone who has supported, encouraged, or simply believed — I’m grateful, always.
This moment is a quiet one.
And it means everything.
