"The Dreams and Nightmares project originates from an intensive, phenomenological investigation into the nature of recurrent nocturnal imagery. These works are anchored in a series of persistent dreams and nightmares that consistently intersected with my waking consciousness, exerting a significant influence over my cognitive processes and daily lived experience.
Faced with these cyclical, intrusive narratives, I conceptualized the act of painting as a necessary mechanism for psychological regulation—a form of artistic inquiry that functions as both documentation and therapeutic remedy. By externalizing the subconscious onto the canvas, the creative process facilitated a systematic deconstruction of these mental constructs. Consequently, the transition from internal thought to external materiality served as an effective catalyst for cognitive resolution, allowing me to distill, process, and ultimately transcend the narratives that previously dominated my psychological landscape
