My work explores the relationship between direct observation, memory, and emotional experience through painting. Working primarily in oils, alongside pastel, ink, and mixed media, I focus on the human figure drawn from life and on landscapes shaped by movement, atmosphere, and recollection. For my landscapes, I make rapid sketches on location, often while in motion, capturing fleeting impressions rather than fixed detail. Back in the studio, these sketches become starting points for paintings informed as much by memory and feeling as by observation. The work aims to retain the immediacy and vitality of those first encounters with the landscape. My painting process is physical and intuitive. Using mainly a palette knife, I scrape away and rebuild the surface repeatedly, allowing traces of earlier layers to remain visible. This process of excavation and reconstruction creates textured, shifting surfaces that reflect the changing nature of perception and memory. Working quickly is essential to maintaining the freshness, energy, and spontaneity first achieved in the sketches. Other mediums require a more measured approach, but I still work intuitively allowing the work to guide me.