I am often drawn to a visual encounter before fully understanding why. I return to it because painting is where that attraction becomes intelligible.

Working from life, I begin without a predetermined plan. The composition is discovered through the act of painting, and moments of recognition can change its course. I may rearrange or transform elements when necessary, allowing the work to move beyond its source while remaining connected to what I have experienced.

Paintings that stay with me are those whose forms possess such conviction that they establish a reality of their own. That is the quality I pursue.

A painting is complete when it feels inevitable.