Shane Spicer 

Why do you use the medium you use?

I don't have any specific medium that I use. I use whichever medium I think can portray the feeling I have for that specific piece of art. I am fluent in many forms of media from graphite, charcoal, and paint, to sculpting using wood, clay, and metal.

What role does art play in your life?

My whole life has revolved around art and creating! Ever since I could remember, I've always been drawing, painting, or using my hands to create. I've been a tattoo artist most of my life (since age 19), but mostly I enjoy art because it makes my immediate environment brighter.

What inspires you to create?

Anything can inspire the creation of art. The smallest little bug to the vastness of the universe. So many feelings can be the basis of art also. I guess most of the time it's that one moment that is the main inspiration for the art I create.

Transformation Statement

Transformation, for me, means any form of change that can make your life better. In my life I struggle with depression and anxiety, so you can imagine that being in prison isn't ideal for positivity in my life, so I use my art as a form of escape. I create by using my feelings as an anchor for the art, sometimes it's dark and gloomy and other times it's light and full of life, but everytime it involves transformation to better my situation. I just hope that my art portrays that transformation and those that view my art can obtain their own form of change to better their lives as well.