My work is interested in catching quiet tensions in everyday moments. I explore gentleness and vulnerability in masculinity, placing men in unguarded poses and domestic atmospheres once reserved for women in historical paintings. This quiet shift unsettles expectations and opens space

for tenderness and introspection.

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Films often serve as my starting point. I select stills that pause between the drama, sometimes splicing together elements from multiple films from different decades. I also reposition the figures in fictional landscapes, occasionally using my own body to inhabit or reinterpret these roles. A soft palette and faded decorative elements carry the mood, while my interest in the interloper shapes the emotional temperature. A sense of longing and timeless nostalgia runs through the work, as if each scene belongs to both now and a half‑remembered past.

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My main influences include the stillness of Gwen John and the subversions of Sylvia Sleigh, the observational clarity of Éric Rohmer, the rhythmic melancholy of Chet Baker, and the unease of Patricia Highsmith — artists and storytellers whose sensibilities echo through the emotional landscapes of my paintings. Through these interests, my paintings aim to feel intimate yet charged,

inviting viewers into spaces where tenderness, tension, and ambiguity coexist