Artist Statement

My work begins with observation—time spent in open water, watching how light and color shift, how species move, and how space is shared. These experiences return in the studio, where the paintings evolve through looking and responding, as the image shifts.

The current work brings together marine life and the built environment, imagining spaces where these worlds overlap. Fish move through city skylines, coral forms emerge alongside architectural structures, and boundaries between above and below begin to dissolve. Scale shifts and familiar forms are altered, creating a sense of recognition that is slightly off.

I am interested in moments of encounter—where species coexist, where one environment presses into another, and where something begins to feel unsettled. The work holds that tension without resolving it. Light moves across the surface, shaping what is visible and what recedes, allowing forms to emerge, dissolve, and shift.

These paintings reflect a world in transition. They do not describe it directly, but hold its presence—through imbalance, through proximity, and through the quiet sense that the conditions we recognize are no longer fixed. What is at stake is held in the gradual loss of balance these works suggest.