Statement
In an era where digital interactions dominate, my work reclaims the tactile, the handmade, and the imperfect as essential to human connection. My textural mixed media pieces layer found materials, gestural marks, and organic textures to create surfaces that demand to be felt both physically and emotionally. 

These works serve as both a meditation and a resistance: a response to our screen based culture which is at best a flattening of experience and at worst a dangerous catalyst for cruelty.
By incorporating elements with human histories-fragments of letters, textiles, or ephemeral objects I attempt to evoke the intimacy of analog communication, the weight of a handwritten note, the depth of a voice heard in real time. These elements work to uncover and display personal truths and stories that are universal, specifically the idea that balance of joy and sorrow and the choice to see both as worthy of reflection. 

Each piece emerges through an intuitive process of accumulation and erasure, mirroring the way relationships are built, eroded, and redefined. The resulting compositions are not just visual but a comment on modern haptics, inviting the viewer to slow down, engage and get messy in a way that technology often discourages.

Through these layered surfaces, I explore what it means to be present, to be seen, and to connect beyond the digital veil. My work asks: in a world of instant messages and algorithmic over consumption, how do we reclaim and preserve the presence of the human hand and ultimately connection with ourselves and one another?