Pen, ink, and colored pencil on paper
14" x 17" (unframed) — 2011
My hand-traced portraits begin with one of the simplest human gestures — the outline of a hand — and transform it into a field of intricate patterns and shifting forms. Just as my abstract work explores the balance between order and chaos, these portraits turn a familiar silhouette into a landscape of rhythm, variation, and evolving detail.
Starting from the traced hand, I build layers of linework, color, and pattern that move intuitively across the form, allowing the natural shape of the hand to guide the flow of the design. What appears at first to be repetitive mark-making reveals, on closer look, a dynamic interplay of structure and spontaneity. Each portrait becomes a visual record of imagination and meditation, merging the identity of the individual with the organic movement of my process.
The result is an artwork that is both personal and abstract — a symbolic imprint of a person, reimagined through pattern, rhythm, and the quiet dialogue between intention and subconscious flow.
Pen, ink, and colored pencil on paper
14" x 17" (unframed) — 2011
My hand-traced portraits begin with one of the simplest human gestures — the outline of a hand — and transform it into a field of intricate patterns and shifting forms. Just as my abstract work explores the balance between order and chaos, these portraits turn a familiar silhouette into a landscape of rhythm, variation, and evolving detail.
Starting from the traced hand, I build layers of linework, color, and pattern that move intuitively across the form, allowing the natural shape of the hand to guide the flow of the design. What appears at first to be repetitive mark-making reveals, on closer look, a dynamic interplay of structure and spontaneity. Each portrait becomes a visual record of imagination and meditation, merging the identity of the individual with the organic movement of my process.
The result is an artwork that is both personal and abstract — a symbolic imprint of a person, reimagined through pattern, rhythm, and the quiet dialogue between intention and subconscious flow.
