Statement

I work with watercolor and oilstick as a record of ritual and a distilled investigation of color and time as form. My practice is centered on a disciplined 4:00 AM studio ritual, where the act of making is a meditative response to the passage of time and the architecture of the morning.

Deliberate, singular marks define my process. I allow myself only brief intervals each morning to engage with painting, often meditating immediately before placing a mark to invite an element of surprise. This restraint transforms the painting into a chronological map. The time spent contemplating the work between sessions is as vital as the application of pigment itself. I treat these daily paintings as a foundational alphabet or a visual dictionary. During extended studio sessions on weekends or school breaks, I use these collected "letters" as the primary source material to construct larger, more complex works—building a visual syntax from the vocabulary established in the quiet of the early morning.

The work is a private language created to address the weight and significance of the present. By isolating color and mark-making within a strictly timed routine, I seek to make time itself a tangible, meaningful form. This practice functions as a restorative cycle. The intentionality cultivated in the studio provides the necessary foundation for my life in the world. Ultimately, the work is about letting go of what has passed and finding significance in the construction of a single, thoughtful moment.