About

I am an acrylic painter exploring memory, place, and everyday environments. I use bright, warm color palettes to create a sense of familiarity and quiet intimacy, inviting viewers into spaces that feel both ambiguous and personal, yet universally recognizable. My work examines how our relationships to objects, interiors, and landscapes shape our sense of belonging, home, and connection to others. Visual clues help guide viewers into my thought—such as windows, chairs, and plants—that reference specific people or places. I am especially drawn to blurring interior and exterior spaces, while blending realism with figurative and painterly abstraction to reflect the feeling of daydreaming, a state that influences my own experience. I believe this approach allows the painting to feel grounded yet open-ended, inviting sustained looking and personal interpretation. My process involves combining direct observation, photography, sketching, and memory. I strive to remain intuitive in my approach to color and composition. By building up the painted surface, I am able render unique textures and use color to suggest emotion and presence, even when figures are absent or only implied. My influences include Diebenkorn and Hockney, particularly in their use of color, spatial ambiguity, and attention to environment. I am also inspired by contemporary painters such as Jeremy Miranda, Nick McPhail, and Eleanor Ray, whose work demonstrates sensitivity to light, quiet interiors, and subtle narrative tension. These artists inform my ongoing interest in how painting can communicate mood, memory, and human presence without relying on explicit storytelling.