My paintings begin with the pixel, the smallest unit of a digital image. On the canvas, however, the pixel no longer remains within a perfect grid. It loosens, drifts, and at times collapses, revealing a process in which digital order is transformed into painterly materiality. The accumulation of these imperfect pixels forms a field that is both minimal and dynamic. From a distance, the work appears calm and unified, but up close, it reveals thousands of individual gestures. In this process, the rigid structure of digital imagery becomes unstable, and the pixel is reimagined as a physical, human mark.
In my work, each “pixel” is made by hand using a small stamp that I press repeatedly onto the surface. Repetition is a central element of my practice. I think of it in relation to daily life and human existence. Everyday life may appear repetitive, but it is never exactly the same. Likewise, we may seem similar as human beings, yet each of us is different. These small and seemingly insignificant differences, when repeated and accumulated, ultimately form an image and generate meaning. This process parallels the way pixels come together on the surface to create a form. Each mark is similar, yet never identical, and I am drawn to the quiet tension that emerges between sameness and difference.