Tied for 3rd Place Creatively Made // "My abstracts are an expression of who I am. It’s my feelings and thoughts. It’s like seasoning to gumbo that’s in my brain. All of my flavors -- pain, love, energy, disappointment, and joy are seasoned in my art. It’s about the people who have loved, used, hurt, inspired, and supported me. The taste of my art can be sweet as and spicy as… One thing is for sure, my abstract will continue to have a different taste with each stroke of a brush." - Charles Gaines