gifts of Being is a painting series centered on presence, sensibility, and quiet affirmation. It explores being not as an achievement or identity, but as an experience—fragmentary, embodied, and irreducible to narrative. The works emerge from a process grounded in attention rather than intention. Painting unfolds as an act of listening: to material, to rhythm, to subtle shifts of tone and density. Each surface develops through accumulation rather than declaration, allowing form to arise from sustained engagement instead of pre-defined meaning.

This series approaches painting as a way of acknowledging what is already given—time, perception, fragility, continuity—without attempting to dramatize or explain it. The “gift” is not symbolic or celebratory; it lies in the simple fact of being present to what unfolds. Rather than offering statements or conclusions, the paintings hold space for perception. They invite slowness, proximity, and a receptive gaze. Meaning is not imposed; it appears gradually, through encounter.

gifts of Being affirms painting as a practice of recognition: of what exists before language, before justification, and before interpretation.