My work operates within systems of power where roles of dominance and vulnerability are unstable and often self-imposed. Through painting, I examine how control circulates through relationships shaped by capitalist and patriarchal frameworks, and how easily the desire to be seen as oppressed can coexist with acts of quiet or overt oppression. Love and pain exist in close proximity, sometimes indistinguishable, forming the emotional engine of the work.

Recurring motifs, including confrontational and feral figures, function as symbols of aggression, dominance, and resistance. These forms appear caught between innocence and threat, exposing how power is frequently disguised as play, affection, or care. Color operates as both atmosphere and weapon. Reds stain, saturate, and contaminate, shifting between desire, violence, and emotional excess. Brightness becomes oppressive rather than celebratory, pressing inward instead of offering relief.

Across my work, space collapses. Environments feel overheated, claustrophobic, and unstable, reflecting the sensation of being overwhelmed by conditions we often help construct. In HEAT, this pressure becomes physical: color thickens, surfaces strain, and the image seems on the verge of combustion. The paintings do not resolve these tensions. They remain suspended in moments of intensity—where love hurts, power slips, and escape feels just out of reach.