I created Belisa Designs in 2023 as an avenue to share my creations with the world.

Even though I have drawn and painted since I was five, I rarely showcased my work. I didn’t want to make things for publicity. I would much rather be anonymous. But I started to wonder about my purpose, and the purpose of art. My favorite painter of all time is Van Gogh. The man and his life are such great inspirations to me. I asked myself, “What would Van Gogh do?” And I decided that I had to share my work, even if no one sees it, or understands it, or if it doesn’t make a single cent-that’s not the point. Because across the centuries, as I stand in front of one of his paintings, it still makes me cry. And I think art has the power to do that. To share beauty, life, passion, light of timeless essence spanning time and space.

Here you see some of my art, and some of my designs. Some are deep, some are dark, some are joyous, some are silly, some are cheeky and sarcastic, some are “just because,” some are pretty, some are twisted. You see some of my interests. I won’t do much explaining; you can interpret as you see fit.

Another motivation is the knowledge that creating begets more creating. I believe that each human being has vast creative potential within. When I was a child, things just flowed out naturally—illustrated chapter books, board games, curricula for pretend schools, design concepts for imaginary websites, clothes, fantasies…But with the pain and accumulated burden of life, we often forget to tap back into that original spirit of unbridled creative energy. I want to embody the present, aware, pure and creative essence of myself, that I was born with.

I hope to make things. And make more things. Books, stories, art, films, ideas, they’re all swimming around, merging from the unconscious to the conscious.