Letting Go
2023 - Present
Letting Go
In this body of work, I approach clouds and open sky as spaces of transition, where forms gather, dissolve, and re-emerge. Moving between observation and abstraction, the paintings explore atmosphere not as a backdrop but as a shifting perceptual field. Subtle changes in tone, color, and surface create immersive spaces that feel both expansive and unstable, emphasizing the moment when something is in the process of becoming or disappearing.
The work is rooted in lived experience, but rather than describing a specific narrative, the paintings translate that experience into sensation, including weightlessness, distance, suspension, and release. The sky becomes a site where uncertainty and impermanence can be held visually rather than explained. Storm systems, dissolving clouds, and areas of open light function less as landscape than as emotional and spatial structures.
Through layered paint and gradual shifts in color, the surface becomes a record of time and repetition. Each painting develops slowly, with forms emerging and dissolving multiple times before settling into a final state. This process mirrors the ideas that run through the work: letting go, surrender, and the instability of control. The paintings do not attempt to resolve these tensions; instead, they remain suspended within them.