My process is rooted in a deliberate investigation of material properties and my intuitive responses to the emergent forms they produce. I introduce organic characters, like leaves or small creatures, to interact with the unpredictable material outcomes, and grids and hard-edged lines to operate as systems of control. This dynamic creates a visual dialogue between chaos and structure, and I seek to balance the beauty of accidental effects and the impulse to impose order through influence.
Each painting unfolds through a negotiation between defined forms and fluid washes, dissolving the boundaries of sequence and precedence, and echoing natural cycles of growth and decay. The work remains in flux until resolved by a final, decisive gesture. Throughout, additions and erasures accumulate as residues of shapes and sketched lines—visible traces of thought.