I Found Myself in the Garden

I look at the world through the lens of lingering childhood innocence, a daydream that has become my sanctuary for rejuvenation. Naïve musings poke through rationality like a game of hide-and-seek, grounded by disciplined technique and an energy that obscures the edge between imagination and reality. Both mature and adolescent, my paintings develop playful permutations of memory, where perfected geometries give way to paper-like foliage, overgrown by specimens of curiosity. Figures become camouflaged within dense vegetation, returning to innate behavior and embracing the virtues we have forgotten. Botanicals become one with figures, redefining identity and experience. I am the leaf, meandering through the shadows of the undergrowth to establish my niche in the light, while the interdependence and collective aspirations of these creatures bring the Garden into being.