About KC Studio

Dreaming Beyond the Sky
I’ve always been drawn to flight—not just soaring, but the delicate, precise, impossible balance between lift and gravity. In dreams, when I sprint, I can actually take off. That pull led me to study Aerospace Engineering, where my dreams actually can take off. It’s a space where structure meets imagination, and I get to learn how motion works, why it works, and how to shape it.

Where Art Meets Science
I don’t see a divide between art and science. Both ask for patience. Both reward observation. Both are ways of reaching toward something just out of view—something you can feel before you can fully explain it.

My work in space vehicle system design is all about integration—understanding how complex systems interact, how each part affects the whole. We use equations not because they’re sacred, but because they’ve survived the process: trial, error, revision. They’re the ones that still hold true—for now. We accept them as foundations because they’ve earned that place. And when they break, we search for what’s more accurate and more complete. That search is the real work.

Art follows the same rhythm. I create, see what holds, and revise what doesn’t. Some choices stay because they feel right. Others fall away. It’s the same iterative process—testing, refining, learning. Whether I’m designing a spacecraft or painting a koi pond, I’m chasing clarity through exploration. One built on systems, the other on color. Both teach me how to see more deeply.

Painting doesn’t feel like a departure from engineering—it feels like a continuation, but on the other side of my brain. It has the same drive, the same rigor, and is just a different medium.

Art as a Journey
Painting is another kind of motion, and another way to take off from planet Earth! It doesn’t follow a straight line, and it moves with purpose. I paint to understand things I can’t always explain—feelings that live between light and shadow, memory and movement. I stay curious, and every piece pushes me further. Every choice is a step. Every revision is a decision. And every finished work is a marker of growth.

Painting Becomes Both the Question and the Answer

Sometimes I’m drawn to paint something without knowing why. It’s not a concept or a message—it’s just a pull. A color, a gesture, a subject that won’t leave me alone. I follow it. And while I’m painting, something starts to surface. Meaning, emotion, memory—they bleed into the work as I go.

It’s only when I finish, when I can sit with the painting and stare back at it, that I begin to understand what I was chasing. The image becomes a kind of filter—my attraction passed through my lens, shaped by instinct and choice. What’s left is a message I didn’t know I was trying to say.

Why I Create

I’m drawn to the kind of learning that never ends. Whether it’s art or engineering, I love the challenge of mastering a skill that has no ceiling. There’s always more to discover—more nuance, more precision, more depth.

Art is one way that I make sense of things. I test ideas, follow instincts, and let questions stay open. I don’t always know where I’m headed, but I trust the process. One brushstroke leads to the next, and eventually, something true to me shows up. With every piece I create, every hour I spend learning, and every sale that supports my progress, I come a little closer to painting the world I imagine.