PORTRAITS

"I started with pencil and charcoal portraits - public figures, friends, strangers.

For years, I worked exclusively in monochrome. These early studies taught me to observe carefully, to see what makes each face distinct."

Material Experiments

"After years of black and white, I began experimenting with color - acrylics, oils, watercolor, pastels.

This was about building vocabulary, trying things, following curiosity. Some experiments worked, some didn't.

The point was exploration, not mastery.”

TEMPORARY ORDER

"During a time of change, I found that thinking wasn't enough. I needed to make something.

I started arranging natural materials - acorns, stones, rice, candles - into geometric patterns. Each piece was temporary: built with focus, photographed, then dismantled.

The practice became a way to hold difficulty in structured form, then release it and begin again. Creating and releasing order repeatedly became the point.

This was the first work that felt necessary rather than chosen."

RECENT WORK

"Recent work in oil pastel. After the temporary order, I needed to make something more immediate, more intuitive.

These pieces explore energy - how it radiates, how it moves, how color vibrates when built up mark by mark. Some are geometric and structured; some are loose and playful.

All of them are about being present to the process."