Architecture is haunted by its past, and by the ideals of the time in which it was created. Built for a purpose, it is altered or destroyed when that purpose fades, whether by time, changing attitudes, or simply the wrecking ball. The longer a structure stands, the more it absorbs from those who have passed through it; their experiences, dreams, and traumas lingering in its spaces. Our perceptions are shaped as much by fiction as fact. When entering an abandoned space, we often feel echoes of the past—a reflection or speculation on who once dwelled there and what led to its decay.
My current works are created in watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil, and I paint on paper as well as on found objects, which evoke another time and the lives of those who once owned them. Using my photographs of decaying architecture as a reference, I develop the background of my pieces, layering surrealistic elements to create narratives within those spaces. The works explore abandoned architecture as a meditation on impermanence — how the present inevitably becomes the past. Institutional settings reflect on themes of solitude and the mindsets of those who once lived within them. Even the grandest architectural masterpieces will one day crumble, either deemed irrelevant or overtaken by nature, leaving behind only traces of what once was.
