Do you want a brand or an immortal legacy?

I know I’ve started throwing around the word “psychic” a lot, but my actual superpower is oil painting. Specifically, I loved to paint wildly colorful portraits of myself, my friends, and magazine clippings, hunched over in my family’s unventilated attic while listening to The Cure. 

This is what led me to art school in the first place, where I started as a painting major, and ultimately set me on the path to where I am now. 

In hindsight, it was a way for me to learn more about the people in my life and the artists I admired — to understand them and express that understanding in a way that other people could recognize, and that they could recognize in themselves.

In historical context, there is also a deep legacy inherent to oil painting in western art. A portrait of one’s likeness in oil is considered a priceless family heirloom, a luxury and legacy reserved for the extremely wealthy. Before photography, to have one’s likeness preserved was to be immortal. 

I would joke to friends that I had “immortalized” them, but it was never really a joke at all. This was literally the intention and context of that medium for hundreds of years. 

I completed my last oil portrait over ten years ago at this point, but there is such a clear and obvious through line to my work now: visually enshrining a legacy for all to see. 

Now, I focus on doing this for established entrepreneurs that are ready to step into that immortal legacy depth and clarity of expression in their brand and marketing. 

In a world full of disposable content, feeds, algorithms, and intangible digital files… this kind of work toward permanence is not for everyone. This is not for those still in constant iteration and evolution, or those who are still finding their role in the world as a business owner. 

This is for the rebel founders ready to root into a vision that stands the test of time, who have accepted and committed to their mission in this lifetime, and are prioritizing the legacy they want to leave behind. 

It’s for those who have already found success through “proven-to-convert” templates and by following best branding practices for their industry, but are now ready to express the depth, nuance, and power of who they really are and what they are really here to do.

Whenever I am asked to name “what skill or talent comes to you more naturally than anything else,” my brain still immediately goes to painting, and likely always will.  

But what makes a good painter is being able to see and capture some core truth, both visually and something deeper, of what you intend to represent. That’s my true talent, and exactly what I do, as a psychic brand director that is able to see that core truth in a single session.

So, here’s my invitation: 

If you’re ready to claim and share your legacy — not just another rebrand — step into my studio, and let's talk about what you're ready to immortalize.

P.S. If you want to see those oil portraits, you'll have to email me ;)