

This work conjures a submerged garden of lily pads suspended between clarity and erosion, where jewel-toned greens and blues pulse against bruised violets and rust like memory surfacing through water. The composition drifts vertically as if the pond has become a corridor of time, each disc of color a quiet marker that guides the eye while refusing stable ground. Veils of scraped pigment and staining create a weathered patina, suggesting both the tenderness of nature and the abrasion of lived experience, so that serenity is continually interrupted by traces of decay and persistence. In its layered light—glimmering, dimming, reappearing—the painting reads as a meditation on resilience: life floating, fragmenting, and still holding its luminous center.







