My name is Gregory Sarpy Jr. and I am an Artist…
The Story
For the past six years I was battling depression. It was nothing I expected and nothing my family or anyone else expected considering I am just a 21 year old male from Gardena, California. I struggled and I mean I struggled hard.. It honestly felt like I was walking through hell and somehow I managed to keep it all inside and survive. Fast forward to the end of 2014 and I finally after six years beat the bug that was inside of me eating me alive. It was like a breath of fresh air as I finally broke free from the chains and began to finally live again..
Now that I have broken free from it, I realized my new path in life. I found out what I wanted to accomplish in life and what I wanted to make a career of and that is being an artist. I put together the pieces and realized that I am a creator. I love to create things and use my creativity and imagination to help others. This is the moment I decided to put together my love to paint, create music, and film and produce this project titled “Illuminate”.
“Illuminate” is what I like to call an artwork album. In this album is a collection of paintings done by me developed around the experiences that I have gone through the past six years. Along with each painting is a song written, performed and produced by me that explains each of the paintings I have created. Lastly is the short film/documentary detailing my experiences and the process of me creating this whole project as I begin filming as I go along. I aim to give some sort of hope to those who have been or are in the same situation that I experienced. I want someone to look at my paintings or hear my music and know that everything is going to be okay..
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