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I carry a sketch pad with me wherever I go. Many of my works center on the phenomena of how everyday life, people and raw emotion are intertwined. I am inspired by my own experiences, the journeys I take and the people I meet.

— Nathan Sawaya

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Art makes better humans, art is necessary in understanding the world and art makes people happy.
Undeniably, art is not optional.

Swim against the current!
Follow your own path!
Find the courage within!

Create what you see.
Create what you feel.
Create what you have never seen.
Just create.

My favorite subject is the human form. A lot of my work suggests a figure in transition. It represents the metamorphosis I am experiencing in my own life. My pieces grown out of my fears and accomplishments, as a lawyer and as an artist, as a boy and as a man.

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