Artist Statement

I began drawing at a very young age, fascinated by how graphite could gather and fade across paper, leaving behind a metallic sheen. Decades later, oil paint remains central to my practice, not only for its material versatility, but for its role as a carrier of tradition, connecting historical inquiry with contemporary concerns.

My work combines oil paint with other materials to explore the relationship between visual language, perception, and material behaviour. Informed by my experience in interior and landscape architecture, I approach painting as a spatial and material practice, translating processes of construction, disruption, and transformation into abstract form.

Recent work focuses on controlled interactions between fluidity and resistance. Marks accumulate, disperse, and reconfigure across the surface, introducing moments of tension, containment, and repair. Form emerges through a balance of intention and contingency, where the material is both directed and allowed to act.

Time remains a quiet but persistent presence. Through layered processes and measured pacing, the work invites sustained attention, allowing meaning to develop through immersion.