Artist Statement

I am a multi-disciplinary, self-taught artist, and my practice is an act of alchemical translation, transforming raw experience into tangible energy through painting, poetry, writing, and music (as ZORB). My work is a living apparatus for awakening, where these different languages weave together as parts of one deeply personal journey. My path into art has not been linear. I have lived between extremes, earning a business degree, working blue-collar jobs, and most importantly, surviving and transforming through addiction. These experiences, moving between darkness and light, shape everything I create. My canvases are not simply paintings; they are maps of resilience and vessels of transformation.

In painting, I work in what I call Energetic Abstraction, a spontaneous and intuitive process rooted in sacred intentional play. I rarely use brushes, preferring instead the painting knife, cutting, flinging, and lashing pigment onto canvas and wood. This process creates dense, tactile surfaces that are raw and charged with energy. I work with bold contrasts, saturated hues reminiscent of Neo-Expressionism balanced with grounding muted tones, and I use negative space, often in whites and blues, to create breathing room and anchor the composition. Through this process, forms reveal themselves to me. I do not plan them; they arise organically. Figures, archetypes, and mythic motifs, like The Maiden, couples symbolizing duality, or strange otherworldly beings, emerge unbidden. They serve as guides, grounding my abstraction in recognizable, archetypal stories.

For me, art is not a mirror of the external world but of what is unseen: the energetic blocks, memories, and truths we carry. Love, loss, and the eternal dance between the Masculine and Feminine pulse beneath my work. My aim is never to simply decorate a wall, it is to create a moment of encounter, one that can jolt someone open, challenge illusions, and bring them back to the sacred immediacy of the present moment. When I create, I find wholeness and solace. When others engage with my work, my hope is that they feel a primal joy, a shock of recognition, and a renewed connection to life itself. My practice is my testament to the transformative power of creativity, an invitation to remember what it means to be fully, vibrantly alive.