Photo courtesy Andrew Roach Photography

Statement

Painting, for me, begins without a destination—it is a journey shaped by uncertainty, where meaning is found only through the act of making.

My practice explores journey, transformation, and perception through oil paint and oil dyes. Working through the tension of duality—light and dark, control and chance—I build layered surfaces in which meaning is not predetermined but gradually uncovered through process. Each work evolves in response to its own internal logic, shaped as much by accident and interruption as by intention.

Rather than beginning with a resolved image, my paintings unfold slowly through accumulation and erasure. Oil paint brings structure, density, and permanence, while oil dyes introduce fluidity, spread, and unpredictability. Moving between these materials allows the work to shift continuously between stability and release, forming surfaces that remain in a state of becoming.

Within this process, painting becomes a site of negotiation between intuition and control. I respond to each mark rather than simply applying it, with every decision opening new directions and closing others. The work records these shifts, holding traces of hesitation, change, and discovery within its surface.

At its core, my practice is less concerned with depicting a fixed destination than with following a process of emergence. Each painting contains the memory of its own making, accumulating gestures that map a journey rather than describe one. Meaning arises gradually, often unexpectedly, through sustained engagement with material and time.

I understand painting as an ongoing journey rather than a resolved outcome. It requires a willingness to remain with uncertainty, to follow what is not yet known, and to allow the work to reveal itself in its own time. In this sense, each painting becomes both an image and an unfolding experience of discovery.