Face Studies

At its core, Face Studies is an exercise in letting go. I reduce each face to its essence; direct, raw, and without resemblance.

The work began as a repeated gesture: painting, again and again, from a state of meditative focus. Using Indian ink and a wheat ear, I follow the line rather than control it. I do not correct. It is what it is. That is where the unexpected appears; a moment. In the smallest movements, something happens I cannot fully predict: a line that falls differently, a face that emerges without intention.

Over time, the drawings began to behave as a series. On their own, they are fragments. Together, they form a world, a quiet, collective presence. The work moves between drawing, painting, print, and installation, yet always speaks the same language.

Face Studies is not a finished series. It is an ongoing practice. I add, shift, and return. Nothing is fixed. The work remains in motion, exactly as it was created.