
I create abstract paintings driven by instinct and a deliberate resistance to perfection.
Working at scale with saturated color and physical gesture, I build surfaces where spontaneity and structure collide. Chaos is negotiated into form. At times, realism surfaces unexpectedly, interrupting the abstract field and shifting its balance.
My practice engages memory, emptiness, and the instability of certainty. I am interested in how material carries emotion—how a mark can hold weight, doubt, and persistence at once.
Each painting becomes a site of confrontation and release: an effort to leave something honest behind.

When I’m not in the studio, I’m building around the house, tending the garden, cooking a dangerously good Malaysian curry, or negotiating with my two assistants who believe canvases and salvaged wood are rawhide.
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