PROCESS
Both in life and my studio practice, I seek a balance between wildness and refinement. The space where beauty can be found in the ethereal and unrestrained, not required to submit or perform either strength or softness.
Daily sketching is where many of the central threads in my work first emerge: gesture, tension, softness, and release. Horses, figures, floral forms, and fragments of the natural world appear throughout the drawings, often shifting between recognition and abstraction. Using soft pastel, ink, and charcoal, I move quickly and intuitively, allowing line and form to remain open and unresolved. Gradually they reveal the early language of the paintings: instinctive, restless.
COLOR & ABSTRACTION
I then transition from literal representation into compositions that suggest rather than define. My palette draws on the delicate color relationships of historical painting: powdery pinks, pale blues, warm creams, smoky violets, and fleshy neutrals. Using soft pastel, watercolor, and acrylic on paper, I build through shifting hues, layered marks, and broken passages of warm and cool tones. Color becomes atmosphere and emotion.
