ABOUT
My pictorial work examines perception as a fragile space between appearing and vanishing, where light, emptiness, and infinity shape the experience. I build paintings slowly with layered watercolors on satin paper, alternating addition and deliberate removal. I use bleach and solvents to erase parts of the image, a pared-down method that clears the surface to reveal essentials and a subtle inner light. Drawing on Eastern thought and Islamic mysticism—where emptiness suggests transcendence and light implies divine knowledge—I explore presence versus absence, influenced by the quiet abstraction of artists such as Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko, James Turrell, Yves Klein, and Anish Kapoor.
PRACTICE
MY PICTORIAL PRACTICE EXPLORES PERCEPTION AS AN UNSTABLE TERRITORY SUSPENDED BETWEEN APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE, WHERE LIGHT, THE VOID, AND INFINITY ACT AS OPERATIVE CONDITIONS.
BUILT THROUGH A SLOW, RIGOROUS LAYERING OF WATERCOLORS ON SATIN-FINISH PAPER, THE WORK TAKES SHAPE VIA A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF ACCUMULATION AND CONTROLLED ERASURE. USING BLEACH AND SOLVENTS, PARTS OF THE COMPOSITION ARE SUBTRACTED: AN ACT OF VISUAL ASCETICISM WHERE REMOVAL PURIFIES THE SURFACE TO REVEAL THE ESSENTIAL AND LIBERATE A SPIRITUAL LIGHT.
ROOTED IN EASTERN PHILOSOPHIES AND ISLAMIC MYSTICISM — WHERE THE VOID MIRRORS TRANSCENDENCE AND LIGHT CONVEYS DIVINE KNOWLEDGE — THE RESEARCH INVESTIGATES THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ABSENCE, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE MEDITATIVE ABSTRACTION OF MASTERS LIKE AGNES MARTIN, MARK ROTHKO, JAMES TURRELL, YVES KLEIN, AND ANISH KAPOOR.