Artist Statement

My work focuses on the human figure as a way of exploring relationships, solitude, memory, and emotional experience. I am interested in how the figure can communicate psychological states and how its relationship with space can shape the meaning of an image.

My paintings often begin with photographs, personal observations, and collected images. Rather than simply reproducing these sources, I transform them through drawing and painting, allowing them to develop into something more personal and open-ended. The process of making is an important part of my practice. Although each work begins with an initial idea, intuition and the physical act of painting gradually guide its direction. Forms may change, break apart, disappear, or re-emerge as the image develops.

I am particularly interested in the tension between

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