ARTIST STATEMENT

As an artist, I’m interested in the structures that quietly shape experience.

A painting usually begins with a simple field of color. Over time, forms begin to appear. Sometimes they are geometric fragments. Sometimes they feel more like traces, shadows, or passing signals. They gather, connect, and dissolve again within the larger space of the painting.

I think of the work as a conversation between structure and atmosphere.

Certain elements suggest order. Others remain open and uncertain. The painting develops slowly as these forces move back and forth. What emerges is not an image of something specific, but a space where perception can unfold.

My process is layered and intuitive. Surfaces build gradually through drawing, erasing, glazing, and revision. Earlier decisions remain visible beneath the surface, leaving a quiet sense of time inside the work.

In the end, the paintings are meant to be lived with rather than decoded. They create environments where the eye can wander, pause, and notice how subtle relationships between color, form, and presence begin to organize themselves.

Background

As a child, I dreamed of becoming a comic book artist, but eventually fell in love with abstract expressionism—both as an art movement and as a way of life. After moving from Seattle to San Francisco, I spent over a decade selling my work to private collectors and exhibiting paintings throughout the city. I was fortunate to collaborate with local cafés, galleries, and larger corporate clients such as Starbucks, The Gap, and T-Mobile.