My abstract mixed media paintings mark a pivotal transition in my practice—from years of meticulously detailed figurative work to a process defined by intuition, fluidity, and surrender. Trained as an illustrator and shaped by years of graphic design, my earlier works were deeply informed by precision, narrative, and an awareness of others’ expectations. While those pieces were entirely my own, they reflected a mindset rooted in control and structure. Unveiling is where that began to shift.

This body of work emerged from a growing need to reclaim authorship and authenticity. It represents a deliberate unlearning — a shedding of perfectionism and external validation in favor of trust, spontaneity, and self-discovery. Yet the transition was neither instant nor effortless. Throughout the series, traces of tension remain visible — the tightness of early gestures, the cautious layering, the hesitation before release. Each painting holds a record of that struggle, the gradual loosening of control, and the quiet courage required to let intuition take the lead.

Where my earlier work examined memory and identity through architecture and structure, Unveiling moves inward. It is fluid, luminous, and unguarded — a reflection of the shift from performance to presence, from control to curiosity. Each piece begins without a plan, evolving through layered gestures of acrylics, washi paper, oil pastels, sand, and alcohol. The process itself is an act of release — one that mirrors the internal work of peeling back social and psychological layers to reveal what lies beneath.

In a culture that prizes productivity and presentation, Unveiling asks what it means to create — and to exist — without performance. It is both a personal reckoning and a quiet act of resistance: a return to the intimate, intuitive space where art becomes a mirror for the self rather than a reflection for the world.