I am interested in exploring the boundary between science (quantum mechanics, neuroscience, biochemistry etc.) and visual art. As an artist who studied science in college, I am inspired by the intricate workings of the biochemical reactions and the electric signals that catalyze and sustain life on this planet and the laws of Cosmos, which govern all things from the microscopic to the telescopic. The particles, atoms, molecules, organisms, mountains, rivers and planets and their energetic manifestations are the subjects of my paintings.
According to modern physics, gravity was the cosmic ladle that stirred up hydrogen atoms to create trillions of stars and released waves of energy in the process. I find my calligraphic strokes to be an immediate way to communicate the fluidity of this energy, which manifests in all things on this planet, from the way lightning spreads in the sky, the way rivers branch out, the way trees grow and the way the neurons establish connections in human brains. I apply multiple layers of paint and ink using unconventional tools. The layers are created by a process of layering and erasing and then re-layering of strokes, which are spontaneous and uninhibited. Some of the strokes are erased completely while others are allowed to show through, enabling them to interact with those from other layers of paint. Like a scientist in a laboratory, I set the parameters of the aesthetic experiment and let it unfold on its own.
The intent is to combine my understanding of science with intuition and imagination to create images which illumine (without illustrating) the mystery and the poetry of our existence in this remote corner of Cosmos. I have so far discovered that the boundary between art and science is rather porous and that the poetry on the nature of Cosmos alludes to order and chaos, stasis and motion, form and emptiness and structure and indeterminacy.