My work is an exploration of botanic interconnectedness, inspired by the concept of the rhizome. Much like the rhizomatic structures that grow underground, my paintings evolve by following processes that resist uniformity and evolve from material experimentation. This exhibition functions as a collection of ideas that will continue to grow, transform, and branch off into new forms and interpretations.

The rhizome is a decentralized root-like structure that grows in an unpredictable manner. It operates as food-storage for a plant and for animals (e.g. ginger, turmeric, lotus-root) and as a form of asexual reproduction by growing its own shoots and roots. Vegetative propagation is a system I follow in my own studio–allowing the “off- cuts” of pieces to grow and shift into one another. In this way, the studio functions as an organism and ecosystem.