I am a painter interested in identity as an evolving narrative shaped by loss. Grief informs my understanding of the self, and self-portraiture enables me to confront and reclaim it through the act of painting. The figure becomes a site where memory, absence, and emotion are held and worked through.

My practice is cathartic and intuitive, shaped by long periods of looking, layering, and revision. I build surfaces slowly through repeated applications of paint and deliberate brushwork, allowing expressive decisions to emerge alongside control. I am drawn to the body and to the small gestures, tensions, and marks that can communicate remorse, vulnerability, and restraint. The process is a form of rumination, where the individual returns to the same image repeatedly until it reaches a point of resolution or exhaustion.

While the work is deeply personal, it is not intended as a confession. Instead, it explores contradiction, holding beauty and honesty, strength and sensitivity in the same space. My goal is to invite viewers to reflect on their own embodied experiences and to consider how identity is shaped by love, longing, and the ongoing search for resolution.