"Dinka Man & White Bull" Painting

I have been painting for as long as I can remember. Before words, before architecture, before understanding what art meant, there was simply the instinct to draw. My work is driven by moments that leave an imprint on me for only seconds: a fluttering wing, sunlight dissolving into water, the blur of people crossing a living city. I am fascinated by the fragile poetry of ordinary moments and the way light can transform something familiar into something unforgettable. I work across watercolor, oils, graphite, and portraiture, each medium teaching me something different about control, vulnerability, and expression. Watercolor both intimidates and excites me because it refuses complete control. It moves, blooms, escapes intention. Oil painting allows me to build atmosphere through impressionistic strokes and texture, while graphite gives me the quiet precision needed to capture emotion and human presence. As an architect, I naturally observe structure, rhythm, and composition. As an artist, I search for feeling within them. My paintings are less about recreating a scene exactly as it appears and more about preserving the sensation of experiencing it. I want my work to feel alive, breathing, fleeting, and deeply human, like a memory caught just before it disappears.