Light is at the heart of my painting, shaping the atmosphere as memory becomes image, matter, and space. I paint what remains of what I have lived, exploring identity, experience, and the traces that time leaves behind.
My work grows from a dialogue between different pictorial traditions. The drama of the Baroque and Mannerism and the intensity of the European masters meet with the influence of Japanese and Chinese painting, particularly in their approaches to light, atmosphere, emptiness, gesture, and nature.
I work intuitively and physically, often using my hands and fingers and combining diverse media on both new and repurposed surfaces. These materials carry their own histories, becoming part of the layers of memory within each painting.
Through painting, I search for what defines me, where I come from, where I am going, and where we are going. Once placed on the wall, the painting leaves me and enters the world, carrying something of my experience toward whoever encounters it.
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