Artist statement
My practice as a painter explores resistance as both subject and method—
resistance to war, to ecological collapse, to class oppression, and to the
hierarchies that have structured human history across centuries. Through
layers of pigment, texture, and fractured imagery, I seek to interrogate the
myths of empire and the machinery of power that repeats itself across epochs.
Painting allows me to collapse time—juxtaposing historical symbols with
contemporary crises, and staging visual dialogues between past insurrections
and present urgencies. Each canvas becomes a site of tension: between
destruction and renewal, between authority and defiance, between what is
remembered and what is erased.
I draw inspiration from archival materials, propaganda, protest iconography,
and the landscapes altered by human conflict. The figures and forms I depict
are often caught in moments of upheaval or transformation, bearing the weight
of systems larger than themselves. In doing so, I aim to reveal the deep
interconnections between environmental degradation, social stratification, and
the violence of war—how these forces are not isolated, but complicit in one
another.
Painting, for me, is an act of resistance in itself. It is slow in a world that
demands speed, reflective in a culture that often avoids reflection. It allows for
nuance, contradiction, and unresolved emotion—qualities I believe are
essential when grappling with histories that are still unfolding. Through this
medium, I strive to reclaim space for complexity, memory, and the radical
potential of imagination.
