My work is rooted in a decades long drawing practice, the focus of a broader exploration of material, research, and imagery. I find that drawing serves best as a channel for the deliberate, slow, and precise sense of touch in my work. This medium allows me to mirror the nuanced tonalities and qualities of the natural and theoretical worlds that inspire me.
            
I am drawn to the designs adorning classical Greek vases, ancient artifacts with enduring timeliness. These vessels exhibit intricate patterns and a minimalist palette, which find support in the mathematical underpinnings governing their designs. Proportional relationships and geometric configurations serve as the guiding principles, ensuring a harmonious interplay of surface and form. Recognizing the inherent power of these principles, I harness and expand upon them. The duality of the exterior silhouette and interior geometric abstraction, serves as a visual bridge between the fluidity of touch and the delicate softness of the depicted subject. Yet, simultaneously, they employ their minimalistic aesthetic as a backdrop for an exploration of disharmony. The drawings exist in a state of ever so slight asymmetry, where their shapes gracefully slip apart at the edges. Through intentional layering and meticulous use of materials, my compositions acquire a tactile quality, enticing viewers to engage with the works on a sensory level.
 
I start these drawings by combining digital sketches and AI-generated imagery, then layering, merging, and reducing them to create a single image. I faithfully re-render the digital compositions on paper using colored pencil and ink. My drawings, with their hard edges and soft inner composition, emit a static energy. The elemental structures are built from fields of nearly indiscernible marks. Just as matter is composed of energy, the dynamism contained within these dense surfaces speaks to fundamental laws that govern our existence, the minute particles and geometries that form all substance.
 
My process entails a delicate balance between honoring historical traditions and injecting a fresh perspective into the conversation. By synthesizing elements from digital practices, mathematics, cosmology, and modern design into ancient forms, I offer viewers a renewed appreciation for classical themes, underscoring their timelessness. My work defies conventional categorizations, surpassing the confines of being purely descriptive or entirely non-objective. Within a single work, an intermingling emerges, seamlessly blending organic and geometric elements. This fluidity disrupts binary descriptions that seek to limit and categorize art as either representational or abstract.
 
At the heart of my creative exploration lies a refined appreciation of the power of simplicity. I strip down my compositions to their essential elements through sparse yet deliberate lines. In my practice, I aspire to foster an engaging visual dialogue that transcends temporal boundaries and seamlessly weaves the past and the present together. Through my works, I strive to ignite a renewed passion for the enduring power of ancient traditions while offering a fresh lens through which to perceive and interpret them.
 
 

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