PRACTICE
Acts of Attention: Structural Research in Depth Fields
I investigate surfaces as layered systems where time, material, and perception coexist. Each work is constructed and excavated so that underlying layers remain partially visible, creating a depth field - a structured environment rather than a single-plane image. In this space, repetitions of mark-making, visual studies of surfaces, and experiments with front, back, and in-between allow materials to store tension, memory, and duration.
My practice is guided by structural research, where the focus is not only on the visual outcome but on the internal architecture of the work itself. By adding, layering, scratching back, burning, piercing, or partially revealing underlayers, each piece becomes a site of temporal stacking, perceptual multiplicity, and relational depth.
Key principles of a depth field:
Stratification: multiple physical layers (paint, plaster, ground, residue) remain partially visible.
Temporal stacking: evidence of different stages of making coexists simultaneously.
Perceptual multiplicity: surfaces can be read differently depending on proximity, angle, or light.
Revelation through excavation: techniques expose hidden structures, revealing internal logic and history.
In spatial terms, a depth field positions the viewer within a layered environment, where meaning emerges through movement, proximity, and repeated observation. The work is less about representation than about structural thinking, showing how material and temporal complexity can be held, read, and experienced.
Through this approach, my practice foregrounds rigorous, deliberate structural research, making the invisible patterns of making, material, and temporality visible and legible.