Zinnia Vale

About

Scarred by maritime legends and driven by an obsessive need to document forgotten stories, Zinnia Vale transforms his sketchbook into a haunting archive of coastal ghosts and shipwrecked memories. His calloused fingers trace impossible narratives—half-remembered whispers from sailors lost at sea, each graphite line bleeding with unresolved grief and raw, unapologetic emotion.

Backstory

The storm had taken his father, but it couldn't silence the whispers of the sea that echoed in Zinnia's mind, urging him to capture their haunting melodies on paper. At twelve, he chose to dive into his sketchbook rather than the waves, finding solace in the ink that stained his fingers like the saltwater of his coastal hometown, Marisport. His mother, Marina, owned the local art gallery, a sanctuary filled with canvases that couldn't compare to the tumultuous beauty Zinnia saw in the harbor's storms. He poured his grief into stormy seascapes and lighthouse patterns, his first major exhibition at Marina's gallery marking the day he transformed his pain into art that mirrored the sea's relentless, brooding spirit.

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