As I grow older, my artistic investigations have increasingly turned toward themes of mortality and entropy. I have come to recognize the brevity and fragility of human life when set against the immense span of the planet’s history and its uncertain future—threatened by environmental degradation, and the recklessness of leaders willing to gamble with mutually assured destruction in service of greed and power.
My current body of work draws inspiration from the Japanese philosophy of Wabi Sabi, which embraces beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and incompletion. Age, wear, and the traces of natural processes are integral to the work’s creation. I use simple, organic materials and a restrained palette of neutral and warm tones to echo the quiet dignity of objects marked by time.
This approach marks a significant shift from my earlier paintings and constructed pieces. Previously, my paintings were abstract and expressionistic, alive with bright color, while my three-dimensional wall works were formal, deliberate, and precise. Now, I find myself working with unfamiliar materials and subdued hues. Each session in the studio becomes a step into the unknown, an act of trust in process over prediction.
By allowing improvisation to guide me, I encounter discoveries that could never have been pre-envisioned. In relinquishing control, I am able to engage more deeply with the materials, the moment, and the inevitable passage of time—finding, within impermanence, a quiet form of endurance.