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Welcome to my portfolio! I create intricate and elaborate ink and pencil drawings, along with digital art, all crafted with patience and dedication.

In my mostly monochromatic work, I strive for elegance and a balance of line and form and place high value on draftsmanship. My practice is a form of slow art, where time is a tool as much as the pen or pencil. Choosing my subjects, I am inspired by my life philosophy, my reading, and an appreciation for detail and subtlety.

Ink portraits

This series of portraits is, for the most part, based on photographs by Earth, an Oregon-based artist who has an uncanny knack for candid photography. Aesthetically, my drawings aim to capture the beauty that does not conform to narrow canons and to explore the fascinating diversity of human features. In terms of draftsmanship, this series is my attempt at embracing the finality of ink as a medium and a practice in trusting the process - finding likeness through the looseness of the scribbled lines.

Ink and graphite

These drawings reflect the thoughts that engage my mind and the places that shape my daily life. Two themes interweaving through my work are a preoccupation with the passage of time and a fascination with how we inhabit our world — creating social spaces, shaping the natural environment, and ascribing meaning to it. Each drawing is meticulously planned, moving through multiple stages from loose sketches to digital designs and final renderings. By working solely in pen and pencil, I impose on myself a creative discipline that still allows for a wide variety of approaches.

If You Go into the Woods

Ink and graphite on paper, 2024
50cm x 35cm

To the Core

Ink on paper, 2024
30cm x 21cm

Bute Yard

Ink on paper, 2024
30cm x 50cm

Memento Mori

White lead on black paper, 2023
50cm x 40cm

4000 Weeks

Ink on paper, 2023
60cm x 50cm

Moon: A Portrait

Ballpoint pen on paper, 2022
40cm x 40cm

Ephemera

Digital, Procreate on iPad, 2022

Mixed Media

This collection features more experimental work in terms of the media and surfaces used. While still remaining largely monochromatic, these pieces are complemented by the addition of gold leaf or gold ink, which serves as both an aesthetic element and a symbolic gesture, drawing the viewer's gaze and engaging with the idea of how value is perceived and assigned.