Still Becoming

Some moments in life ask you to choose. For me it was simple, it’s now or never.

In March 2026 I stepped away from a 15 year engineering career to paint full time. Not because I had it all figured out. I didn’t. But because art is where I feel truly alive and close to my authentic self.

It felt like standing towards the horizon because that’s exactly where I am right now. Somewhere between who I was trained to be and who I actually am. It’s not always comfortable. But it’s the most honest I’ve ever felt.

I paint from my real life experiences. The messy in-between moments. The emotions that don’t have neat edges. The beauty in things that are still becoming.

I collaged my old engineering textbook pages into these paintings. They’re part of the foundation, underneath everything, still holding it together, while something completely new grows on top.

There’s calm and chaos in these paintings because that’s what finding yourself actually feels like.

‘Still Becoming’ is here to say I’m not at the destination yet. This painting is honest about that.

There’s gold in it because there’s real beauty in this season of my life. But there’s also complexity and unfinished edges because that’s the truth of transformation. The journey isn’t neat. It doesn’t wrap up cleanly.

I’m still walking. Still becoming. And for the first time that feels like enough.

• Mixed media oils on 30x30inches gallery wrapped canvas
• Signed, varnished, ready to hang.
• Comes with certificate of authenticity.