Artist Statement

A background in graphic design, photography, and printing informs my sense of composition, structure, and color, while influences from modern and urban architecture appear through angles, planes, and spatial relationships. Living in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Palm Springs has shaped my sensitivity to light, space, and the architectural environments that surround me. The varied character of these cities, from the urban density of LA to the modernist clarity of the desert, informs the atmosphere of the work, grounding it in a specific sense of place even though the paintings are abstract.

The work is rooted in exploration, allowing curiosity and instinct to guide my process. Often, a small detail, a corner, a shift, a fragment, becomes the starting point for deeper investigation. Working primarily with acrylic paint, charcoal, ink, and other mixed media, I build layered compositions through construction and erosion, adding, subtracting, and revealing what lies beneath.

Each painting often begins with experimentation and intuitive play, drawing from impressions of real environments, filtered through memory and dreams. Ultimately, my work is about layering experience, emotion, and instinct while embracing the unknown. The resulting paintings occupy a space between the familiar and the invented, inviting something unexpected to emerge.