Driven by the process.
Curiosity plays a big role in how I work, particularly in understanding how people respond to an image and what makes something resonate with them. I tend to treat the process as something open-ended, allowing room to experiment, question an initial idea, and change direction when something feels more interesting. The final outcome is important, but so is arriving at something that feels honest rather than simply polished.
For the past six years, I’ve worked in design and advertising agencies, developing brand systems, packaging, and illustration styles across various industries. This experience taught me how to think conceptually while staying collaborative and adaptable. At the same time, the structured nature of these corporate environments created a certain friction that still influences the themes in my personal work today.
Alongside my commercial design practice, I create fine art pieces that lean toward the introspective and narrative, often influenced by my interest in existentialist and absurdist literature. I am drawn to art that leaves room for interpretation and contradiction rather than trying to resolve everything neatly. In the end, I find it incredibly rewarding to see how different people connect with the same piece in completely different ways.
Most of my personal work falls somewhere between having a clear sense of direction and simply seeing where the process takes me. I rarely begin with a fully formed idea or message, and instead use the act of making to work through things that are on my mind. Some pieces come together naturally, while others take much longer to understand, and I’ve come to see that uncertainty as part of the process rather than something to avoid.
I have found that the most interesting ideas come from this (rather nerve wracking) state of uncertainty and unrest. By showing up to paint without a strict blueprint and just driven by the need to externalize a thought, I can stay curious and let each piece teach me what it needs to be.