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Artist Statement
My art is rooted in process and material exploration. The tactile, meditative act of collage: cutting, layering, and rearranging—guides me into a flow state where my intuition overrides intention. Much of the process involves taking apart what I’ve already made—cutting into abstract paintings and breaking them down into fragments. It’s both destructive and liberating: an invitation to let go of control and reimagine what something can become.
By tearing things apart and putting them back together, I create new relationships between shapes, colors, and moments of gesture—giving earlier work new life through reassembly. As a kid, I would build and dismantle Lego structures or redo and tear apart puzzles over and over—drawn to the current, the sense of order, and the quiet focus those processes offered. That same impulse continues to shape my creative practice today, where repetition, improvisation, and risk guide each piece.
I work with synthetic paper, acrylics, inks, and gel mediums—materials that invite both resistance and surprise. Bold, bright, and saturated color dominate my palette. The interplay of intense hues, muted tones, and stark white space reflects the tension and balance within these emotional landscapes. The contrasts are not just visual—they're symbolic—expressing a desire to find calm in chaos, and clarity within complexity. Ultimately, my collages are meticulous visual meditations that are introspective spaces where I process emotion through action.