I am interested in those spaces where something begins to happen just before words appear, or entirely outside of them. Each of these paintings holds a different kind of transience: the echo of a view I will never see again; the shadow of fear slipping between bodies; the overload of closeness, when being “here” becomes too intense. These moments – half-remembered, imagined and re-lived – weave together into a story about fragility and about traces that inscribe themselves deep in the body. They reveal the way I look at relationships and at the world, and how I try to capture their subtle tensions.

Tender collapse focuses on the tension between two bodies, creating a space for reflection. Their gestures are soft, yet underpinned by uncertainty, as if one were trying to sense the other’s impulse and anticipate their decision or word. In the background, a fear of being hurt appears, taking the form of an imagined injured hand. This projection reveals the fragility of the relationship and the moment when closeness becomes entangled with apprehension.