My recent body of work emerged from a journey to Turkiye, where the saturated colors of the Mediterranean, intricate architectural patterns, ancient mosaics, and layered spiritual histories became deeply intertwined with my experience of home in the Pacific Northwest. These paintings explore the meeting place between two landscapes: the luminous warmth and ornamentation of the eastern Mediterranean and the living ecosystems of the Northwest coast.

Through acrylic paint, image transfers, and intuitive mark-making, I create layered surfaces that feel both excavated and alive. Birds, flowers, and native abstract flora appear alongside geometric motifs and fragments inspired by Turkish textiles, tilework, and weathered stone. The work moves between observation and memory, balancing structure with spontaneity.

I am interested in transformation — how travel alters perception, how symbols migrate across cultures, and how natural forms carry emotional and spiritual resonance. My process often incorporates experimental and mystical practices: repetition, intuitive composition, symbolic layering, and the accumulation of texture as a form of meditation and discovery. Each piece becomes part map, part relic, part dreamscape.

These works are ultimately about connection: between continents, histories, ecosystems, and inner worlds. They reflect an ongoing dialogue between place and imagination, where Mediterranean light and Pacific Northwest life coexist in a shared visual language