Diagnosed with cancer at five, I spent long periods in hospital, finding calm in observing patterns—tiles, curtains, window frames. In these moments, I looked for order within chaos, stability within flux. Returning to these forms becomes a meditation on how I inhabit the world, where observation and memory overlap.
Working with acrylic on natural linen, my paintings begin with intuitive drawing—an open, repetitive process. This becomes both method and subject: a way of thinking through making.
The paintings do not depict the specific but instead evoke internal states that resist fixed definition. I think of them as “democratic paintings,” where meaning emerges through the viewer’s perception.
Ultimately, the paintings ask: can shape, colour, and pattern themselves hold emotion?