Artist Statement

Flowers are at the heart of my artistic language, not as symbols, but as subjects that hold presence, movement, and quiet emotional weight. There is something in their nature that insists on the present moment: they bloom, they open, they pass. Painting them is, for me, an act of attention, a way of slowing down and staying close to what is fleeting and beautiful.

Through transparent watercolour, I explore how natural forms occupy space: how they lean, open, pause, and press against stillness. Focusing primarily on a large scale, I use the medium's inherent luminosity to build colour gradually through thin, transparent layers. A wide tonal range, from pale, barely-there highlights to rich, saturated shadows, creates depth and draws the viewer into sustained looking. Negative space is as deliberate as mark-making; it allows each form to breathe and gives the composition its sense of inevitability.

My process begins in close observation, studying, sketching, and photographing my subjects before composing paintings that balance structure with fluidity. Realism serves as an invitation to slow down, notice, and feel. Each painting is both an act of exploration and a quiet offering of beauty.