Grounded in the long tradition of realism, my paintings explore themes of solitude, monotony, mortality, and obsession. Drawing from a wide range of influences—religious iconography, film, and advertising—I aim to reflect the psychological undercurrents that shape everyday experience. My work is not merely a record of the visible world, but an attempt to reveal the unseen forces at play within the banal and overlooked.
The subject matter in my paintings often emerges from the details of my daily life—objects, gestures, or spaces that I return to repeatedly and that begin to take on a kind of emotional or psychological weight. I'm drawn to things that might seem mundane or peripheral at first glance, but through repetition, framing, and context, begin to assert a symbolic presence. Some references—like religious motifs or cinematic tropes—are deliberate; others emerge more slowly, even to me. I understand symbolism in my work less as a fixed code and more as something that accrues through sustained attention, obsession, and the act of painting itself. Though rooted in the particulars of my own life, I hope the work evokes something shared and universally felt.