Addicted to Winning (2025)

Acrylic on High Quality Birch Board
Professionally Framed in Oak Float Frame
63 x 83 x 5 cm
I didn’t grow up around racetracks, but I grew up around pressure to work hard, to succeed, to make it count. Winning wasn’t about trophies, it was about not wasting the sacrifices that got you there.
That’s probably why I’m drawn to Formula 1. It’s not just speed it’s obsession. Every turn, every decal, every risk for a fraction of a second. Win or nothing. No room for “good enough.” It’s dramatic. It’s glamorous. It’s exhausting. It feels familiar.
This piece is about that mindset the one that chases the podium in everything. Law degree, art career, life. The one that can’t just enjoy the lap without thinking about the finish line. Even when no one is keeping score.
People think winning feels like celebration. Most of the time it feels like relief. And the second it’s over, the chase starts again.
Because once you’re addicted to winning, rest feels like failure and second place feels like invisibility.