'flowers.'
flowers appear here as markers of peace and personal affirmation. The work reflects quiet moments of pause — spaces for self-celebration, reflection, and growth.
Purposeful negative space plays a central role, respecting traditional composition while allowing elements to sit slightly off balance. This intentional imbalance, informed by a collaged sensibility, keeps the work emotive and alive.
Some flowers offer a sense of calm and peace, while others reflect specific emotional states. Many function as quiet self-portraits — an intentional implication of softness that is often obscured by external narratives and media portrayals of lived experience. The subtlety is deliberate, creating space to observe projection, interpretation, and reaction without forcing conclusion.
Across the paintings, flowers shift between states of motion: some drift forward gently, suspended in space, while others appear propelled outward toward the viewer. These moments of release and emergence suggest renewal and becoming, balancing stillness with subtle acts of transformation.
