​All existence is composed of five elements, fire, earth, water, air, and ether, dancing in eternal interplay. Their rise and fall form the rhythm of the cosmos, their essence expressed through color and form and movement, the universal language of creation.

My work seeks to reveal the mystical symbols and sacred traditions that unite us beyond belief systems or culture. Through them, I search for the common denominator of humanity—the shared pulse of being.

While meditating in my studio, and contemplating the Bodhisattva with a thousand arms of compassion, I felt the profound ache of my father’s passing. He was a philosopher, and our relationship was complicated but his wisdom still breathes through me like a quiet river of freedom, because that's what he gave me. In the presence of deep grief, I turned inward, to the archetype of boundless compassion, radiant with light and meaning. In that meditation, I found solace in a simple idea of just being. Compassion and revealing that kindness toward oneself, others, is not separate from enlightenment, it is enlightenment.

From this awareness, I understood: happiness is an equation that starts with a choice, embedded in the simplicity of a peaceful heart. Forgiveness opens the door to freedom and in recognizing the nature of reality, I knew that all is love. The very substance of our being is love; every molecule coheres through it. Our Earth herself, holding us close to her body, proving us with substance, does so in love. It is only our fear and our resistance to accept, that veils this eternal truth.

In striving for simplicity, I encountered its complexity, it's funny how all grown up make everything so complex. To be simple is to return to innocence, to the unbroken awareness of being itself.

As Socrates said, “The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing.”
And in that knowing, emptied of certainty is the beginning of wisdom, compassion, forgiveness, art, practice and happiness.