Layers of Dwelling
180 × 120 cm
Ink, oil, pastels, and acrylic on raw linen

Layers of Dwelling continues my ongoing exploration of the idea of home — not merely as a physical structure, but as a layered space of memory, belonging, and emotional resonance. Architectural traces emerge through gestural lines, as if floor plans, walls, or urban grids had been embedded into the canvas, while translucent washes and fragile marks point to the impermanence of lived experience.

Working on raw, unprimed linen allows the material itself to remain visible, almost like a skin that breathes through the pigments. This decision is central to my practice: the surface is not a neutral backdrop, but an active participant in the dialogue between structure and openness, permanence and fragility.

The theme of dwelling also connects to my background in installation art. I am drawn to the way artworks can expand into space and create an environment the viewer inhabits, rather than simply observes. Layers of Dwelling thus oscillates between painting and spatial thinking — it is both an image and an imagined architecture, a fragment of something larger that could unfold into the room itself.

At its core, the work is about how we carry our “homes” within us: as memories, as layered experiences, as something constantly reconstructed and redefined.