ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings begin as a conversation with my materials—acrylic, conte, and graphite—layered and textured on the canvas or panel. I start with gestural marks and spontaneous drawing, letting intuition guide the way. Some areas build up over time, while others are left raw, preserving the contrast between presence and absence, form and formlessness.

Lately, what emerges from this process feels like lyrical landscapes—otherworldly spaces that exist somewhere between the seen and the felt. I never begin with a fixed image in mind. Instead, I follow the rhythm of each painting, letting emotion and inner atmosphere shape the evolving forms. I return to the canvas over time, reworking shapes and color relationships until a kind of harmony or tension reveals itself.

There is something mysterious at the core of this practice—an impulse I can’t quite name, but feel deeply. Each piece carries traces of that interior world, giving form to something both ancient and invented. The process is spiny, unpredictable, and alive. As da Vinci said, “A work of art is never finished, only abandoned.” I’ve learned to trust that moment when the image tells me it’s time to let go.