My practice is a continuous exploration of visual palimpsests, navigated through the dialectical relationship between matter, time, and translucency. My work is not built through mass or impasto, but through accumulation: a meticulous process of successive, highly diluted layers that transform the canvas into a living archive of gestures. Rather than imposing color directly onto the surface, I allow it to emerge gradually. Utilizing fluid media, I build the work’s body from within, allowing each new wash to remain in dialogue with the ones beneath it. This technique of transparent veils imbues the work with an inner light and a sense of atmospheric density, where color does not merely reflect off the surface but appears to emanate from the depths of the composition.
This creative path is an intensely labor-intensive and visceral process. The monumental scale of the surfaces demands constant physical engagement, where the artist’s body moves in total coordination with the unfolding body of the work. This physicality is inscribed into the final image as kinetic energy; the folds, raised textures, and flows of fluid pigment bear witness to a struggle with matter, granting the creation a commanding presence that redefines its surrounding space. The result balances between structural geometry and organic fluidity. The relief bases and topographical textures act as conduits and obstacles, guiding the movement of the chromatic solutions. It is an abstract mapping that does not represent specific locales, but rather the sensation of complexity itself—the point where the accidental meets the deliberate. For me, painting is an excavation in reverse. Each piece demands time to breathe and settle, imposing a tempo that stands in opposition to the speed of contemporary imagery. The final surface maintains a delicate yet imposing quality, inviting the viewer into a contemplative observation of the material traces that constitute the whole.