My drawings begin with stillness. They present encounters with organic forms that are fading, overlooked, or quietly transforming.  These subjects often emerge from my domestic and garden surroundings, appearing not through searching, but intuitive noticing and a deep sense of personal encounter. 

I’m not interested in using flowers symbolically. Instead, I approach them as living forms in transition, fragile, fading, and often overlooked. These are not botanical studies, but a type of still life grounded in personal encounter and attentive observation. 

The close connection I feel to both my subject and materials is vital to my practice. Soft pastels offer an immediacy and tactility that mirrors the physical presence of the subjects I depict. The dust produced during the drawing process is reminiscent of pollen, physically connecting the work to natural cycles. 

I work on an intimate scale, inviting a slower kind of looking. Through drawing, I engage in an act of witnessing, attentively observing and responding to my subjects’ fragility, dynamism, and unpredictability. This attention to fragility and transformation invites contemplation of impermanence as a fundamental part of our shared experience with nature. Rather than offer answers or narratives, these are quiet images that invite slow looking and thoughtful reflection on the delicate and often unnoticed relationships we share with the natural world.