Working in oil allows me to build that presence over time. Each layer carries the memory of the one before it. Paint is pushed, scraped away, softened, and rebuilt until the work begins to reveal something I couldn’t have planned at the outset. For me, the process is as important as the finished painting. It reminds me that beauty is rarely immediate; it is discovered through patience, persistence, and a willingness to stay with uncertainty.

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