origins | Works on Paper, 2025
This series explores the tension and alignment between organic line and precise geometry. Built through improvisation and revision, the paintings move between fluid, botanical rhythms and structured, measured forms—testing how an image coheres through tempo, interval, and layered time.
Working on heavyweight watercolor paper allows for a more intimate scale and a greater sensitivity to absorption: ink, acrylic, and vinyl emulsion settle into the surface in distinct ways, producing subtle shifts in texture and sheen. The compositions develop through cycles of action and calibration. I often begin by generating the first forms physically—standing on a ladder, splattering ink onto the paper, then tilting and manipulating the sheet as drips travel and dry. I return to the surface, introduce geometric shapes with rulers and templates, then paint them by hand. This back-and-forth repeats until the work finds its internal structure, arriving through revision, adjustment, and restraint.
Across the series, each piece is unique, shaped by slight variations in structure, rhythm, hue, tone, and spacing. “Origins” names the way these works hold emergence rather than fixed imagery: organic forms and geometric decisions intermingle as a synthesis of botanical cadence and conceptual structure, allowing the image to remain active—less a declaration than an evolving arrangement.
Most of these pieces are available unframed and unmounted; installation can be adapted to context. My preference is a minimal presentation with clips.