Artist's Statement

I do not paint to tell stories. I do not predetermine the image before I begin. My works do not arise from fixed ideas, but from a state of being—where silence, tension, intuition, and memory coexist like fluid.

I begin with emptiness—not to fill it, but to listen to it. Material—be it oil paint, sand, burlap, or natural fractures—is not a tool. To me, it is the protagonist. Each gesture on the surface is an existential act: to allow the material to become, to resist, to define its own presence.

My paintings result from layered conversations—between movement and stillness, rawness and fragility, instinct and restraint, the visible and the unspeakable. I do not conceal hesitation, nor do I erase traces. Every wipe, every void, every sediment of color stands as evidence that I was there—truthfully, without explanation, without seeking validation.

My influences come from many directions—existential philosophy, Eastern meditation, personal memory, the collective unconscious, the rhythms of nature, and inner fracture. I do not choose a single path—I let them intersect on the canvas. Each work is a crossing point—not meant to harmonize, but to collide and coexist.

I do not ask the viewer to understand. I only hope they pause and enter the same state I once did: to stand before matter as one stands before a living being—breathing, vibrating, silent, and undeniably present.

                   When image ceases, matter begins to speak.