Artist Statement
I make art out of pieces most people overlook, textures on the wall, wilted flowers, vintage objects, crumpled papers. Mere moments and objects that pass unnoticed. I collect these fragments with my camera, sometimes with a quick sketch, and later transform them into something conceptually new, like an abstract figure, a surreal world, a quiet emotion, a hidden meaning.
My work is built from layers of photographs I take, drawings I create, both traditional and digital, and textures I create from scratch. Visual details come from something I’ve seen, touched, or captured myself: old utensils, vintage objects, distressed surfaces, natural elements, or even just light falling across a surface. I also create my own photo-overlays and digital brushes, so that even the tools I use feel like an extension of my personal language.
I’m equally drawn to photography in its experimental form. I work with mobile photography and digital cameras, distorting reality through intentional movement, double or multiple exposures, or experimental light. These photos, sometimes standalone, sometimes blended into my conceptual mixed media works, carry the same intention. That is to express what words cannot. My images are not about documenting the world around me. They are emotional carvings of a place, a memory, or a state of mind.
I don’t create to impress or to follow trends. I create because this is how I process life. How I preserve what feels beautiful and survive what is not. My art isn’t meant to tell viewers what to feel. It invites them to bring their own stories to my work. And if someone connects with it, it is often because they have felt something similar.
For me, art is not just a technique, or measured in centimeters. It is not confined by dimensions or reduced to a surface and use of expensive materials. It is layered, highly conceptual, and emotive. It is a quiet kind of revelation. A place where brokenness and beauty, fragility and resilience can exist in the same breath. This is why symbolism, metaphor, and allegory are central to my visual storytelling, and my aesthetic is often influenced by surrealism in both my experimental photography and my conceptual mixed media art.