ARTIST STATEMENT

​Time is typically seen as something a painting must be protected from: archival supports, increasingly stable pigments, and non-yellowing varnishes are used—all to ensure the artwork remains unaltered. Our dominant culture favors the new, the pristine, and the flawless, rarely appreciating the marks left by time. However, I am drawn to things that carry experience within them. I choose the opposite approach—I allow my artworks to age. In carefully selected areas, pigments fade, metals develop a patina, and cracks in the varnish deepen.

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​In my work, I explore the passage of time and the laws of entropy—the constant tension between decay and continuity, revealing a full spectrum of transitional states. At times, rigid structures become confining, and their inevitable collapse is liberating. Yet, alongside destruction, a dignified resilience of form and a time-tempered continuity emerge. These processes continuously intertwine until time gradually erases the everyday noise, leaving only what is essential.

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​The marks left by time are not defects. They are "Physically Embodied Stories"—the very term I use to describe all my works. I work with mixed media, combining acrylic, oil, oxidizing paints, crackle mediums, and gold leaf. My collage elements range from authentic pages of irreparably torn books and various metals to natural materials and fragments of my own cut-up canvases. This process gives rise to multi-layered abstractions characterized by rich texture and profound surface depth.