I’m a storyteller at heart—first through documentary film and now through fine art. My shift into painting and mixed media grew from a need to express what words and moving images couldn’t hold. Working with charcoal, pastel, oil, acrylic, and collage, I create layered, abstract narratives that explore memory, tension, and transformation. Each painting carries its own history—built up in layers of paint, gesture, and revision—like a life unfolding on canvas. My process of layering, erasing, and reconstructing is a form of searching, where meaning and ‘the story,’ emerges slowly through touch and time. Rooted in journalism and visual media, my work now speaks through texture and emotion, capturing the raw, often fragmented beauty of being human.