Artist Statement

I first picked up a camera after realizing I didn’t actually enjoy the process of painting. I loved the idea of being a painter—the romance of it—but not the reality: the long hours of solitude, the confinement indoors, the endless brush cleanup. For years, I kept returning to painting, convinced I just needed to try harder. Eventually, I gave myself permission to let it go. What I had thought was a failure became a turning point—the beginning of truly enjoying the process of making art.

Photography offered me something different: freedom, movement, presence. I could be outdoors, immersed in creative flow, attuned to the vibrant energies of nature while exploring my own inner landscape. This practice sparked a nurturing feedback loop, becoming essential to my mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.

The central theme in my work is connection. Like many, I endured early childhood trauma that left me feeling numb and disconnected—from myself, my body, my emotions, and the world around me. In my early twenties, I began the slow, often painful work of healing. As I came home to my body, I also reconnected with nature—and in doing so, discovered a seemingly endless source of inspiration.

Through my camera, I explore that connection: to place, to feeling, to spirit, and to the quiet beauty that surrounds us when we are still enough to truly see it.