Coming to art from a technical background, I have struggled with the idea of “finding my voice.” Over time, I have come to understand that an artist’s voice does not arrive fully formed, nor does it remain fixed throughout the life of that artist. While each painting or print may develop its own visual coherence, a deeper voice seems to emerge gradually through sustained attention, experimentation, and lived experience. I now see style and voice as something that serves an even deeper expression that can only finds its form through any form of art.
These paintings reflect a period of searching—of learning how to speak visually before the language is fully known. To express this, I use asemic writing: marks that resemble written language but carry no specific linguistic meaning. These marks function as placeholders for thoughts and perceptions that are still forming, suggesting meaning without prescribing it. They are the inexplicable experience before it becomes words.
Asemic writing appears throughout this series as a recurring visual element. My interest in it developed over many years ago, first as a quiet fascination and later as a deliberate choice. I was drawn to its ability to feel intentional and expressive while remaining open and unresolved—qualities that align closely with my own artistic concerns.
At the heart of my work is an interest in perception itself: what we experience before we consciously name or interpret it. These paintings are not meant to illustrate ideas, but to evoke that early, pre-verbal stage of perception before awareness. The asemic elements help create a space where viewers can engage intuitively, allowing meaning to arise through their own perceptions rather than through fixed narratives.
Finding My Voice series
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