Through painting and printmaking, I investigate the tension between visibility and legibility. I treat the portrait not as a static likeness, but as a mutable form that remembers, resists, and refuses all at once. My practice explores how figures are constructed and perceived, working from both observation and memory.
Across both painting and printmaking, I’m driven by a desire to push beyond the comfort of representational portraiture. I’m increasingly interested in using color studies, texture, and material to evoke the essence of a figure without relying on exact representation. My process includes layering, sewing, and distorting the image to create moments of presence and absence. The viewer’s participation, through reflection, movement, or spatial relationship, becomes integral to how the work is experienced.