Artist Statement
My work begins with curiosity. I approach painting, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media as ways of thinking through images, materials, memory, observation, and emotion.
I move between representation and abstraction because each offers something the other cannot. Observational drawing requires patience and attention to structure. Abstraction creates a space where color, gesture, rhythm, texture, and intuition can carry meaning without depending on recognizable subject matter.
Material is central to the way I work. Graphite can describe form with precision, charcoal can produce atmosphere and emotional weight, paint allows color and movement to accumulate, and mixed media introduces interruption, layering, contrast, and unexpected relationships.
Across the different parts of my practice, I return to themes of identity, human presence, memory, perception, transformation, and the tension between chaos and structure. I want viewers to spend time with the work rather than read it immediately, allowing each person to discover different relationships and emotional responses.