My paintings explore the intersection of personal objects, popular culture, and abstract painting. Using materials such as garments and familiar phrases taken from Valentine's candy hearts, I embed symbols of intimacy, desire, and nostalgia into heavily layered surfaces. These recognizable elements are partially buried beneath paint and texture, transforming them into archaeological fragments that suggest forgotten histories and shifting meanings.

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The work combines influences from Pop art, gestural abstraction, and the abject. Sentimental messages and intimate materials are removed from their everyday context and subjected to processes of layering, staining, scraping, and reconstruction. As these elements become obscured, they move beyond their original meanings and take on new associations, creating a tension between attraction and decay, humor and discomfort, and surface and depth.

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Inspired by the material presence of artists such as Anselm Kiefer, I treat the painting surface as a site of excavation. Layers of paint, fabric, and accumulated matter preserve traces of both construction and destruction, allowing the history of the work to remain visible. Through this process, the paintings invite viewers to uncover connections between memory, desire, cultural clichés, and the physical act of painting itself.