Artist Statement:
My practice is an exploration of time as both subject and material. Each painting emerges through a slow, meditative process of layering translucent veils of paint—thin films of colour laid down, one after another, over many hours, days, weeks and even months. These layers are not merely formal; they are temporal. They hold the presence of multiple ‘now’ moments, suspended across a surface that quietly documents their accumulation.
I approach the substrate as a container of time—a space where stillness and motion can coexist. The subtle gradations and tonal shifts in my work invite the viewer to look slowly, to notice the minor changes, the “thin veils” that, as curator James Gatt describes, “map multiple present times.” This is a kind of visual thinking—a durational, quiet dialogue between visibility and disappearance, between presence and memory.
There is a kind of pentimento in the work: traces of earlier layers remain visible beneath the surface, like a history that cannot be fully erased. These translucent veils do not obscure; they echo. They make space for silence, stillness, and reflection. The resulting fields of colour hover between solidity and dissolution, offering viewers not a fixed image, but a condition—a space to be experienced rather than immediately understood.
My work does not seek resolution.It embraces the unresolved, the barely visible, and the in-between. Painting, for me, is not a record of an image but a record of time passing—layer upon layer, breath upon breath. The aim of each painting is to act as a tangible and immersive experience that resonates with the viewer on a deeply emotional and intellectual level.