I approach painting through the lens of filmmaking, treating each canvas as a single scene within a larger story. Though I have a background in film, painting is where I find the most freedom, calm, and agency in storytelling. I work primarily in oil and acrylic paint to create compositions that blend vivid landscapes, cinematic lighting, and dreamlike imagery. Painting allows me to capture radiant color and light, bringing the viewer into another world and conveying imagery that extends reality. 

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Through my work, I explore the idea of transience, the passage of time, and the certainty of change. Painting becomes my way of slowing down a moment, making time to capture and honor the present, and practicing acceptance amidst change. My studio is a place of reflection, meditation, and renewal, where my art invites viewers into quiet stillness and reflection.

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Drawing from my experience as a second-generation Asian American, my art also explores themes of strength, sacrifice, and duty alongside hope and authenticity. My work examines duality: what is visible on the canvas versus the emotions that inspire it. Many pieces begin as conceptual sketches or short journal narratives, then evolve into paintings shaped by memory, imagination, and intention.  Each piece creates an atmosphere, immersing the viewer in a distinct emotional world where vulnerability and strength coexist.