Title: Achromatically Fasting
Media: Oils on raw Linen
Size: 120 x 100 cm
Year: January 2026

Description
“Sometimes, we create challenges that challenges what we create”

I feel as though I'm entering an artistic phase where I must refrain from the overuse of colors that I once embraced. I crave this eagerness, this fast from colors, this significant distance from my vibrant expressiveness. I want to experience all the associated pain and pleasure; I must restrict my brush and palette from excessive color use. I understand that this won't be easy, as color is the essence I prioritize in every piece of art I create. However, I intend to challenge my passion by primarily using ultramarine blue, hot pink, and white in all my forthcoming paintings.
One aspect of my background is that I grew up sketching, producing more drawings than I can count, always utilizing a blue pen and a pink highlighter on either lined or plain white paper. I feel more expressive when drawing than when painting. I had a particular drawing that I attempted to paint multiple times, failing terribly the first two attempts. I still have those failed attempts in my studio, and I often find myself laughing at them. In one instance, I was so frustrated that I took my spray paint and wrote a large, bold word across it.
I want to capture what I grew up doing on a canvas, and that is what you see before you now… I refer to this style as 'Drawism,' where a drawing is transformed into a canvas piece. Isn't that essentially what all paintings are? A refined sketch on fabric?
Until colors reconnect with me, until I move past this artistic phase, I will continue to create these refined sketches on canvas. This is my style, my identity, and the practice I've nurtured since childhood, crafting stories through figures drawn with just a dry blue pen and a pink highlighter. This is merely the beginning; I am uncertain how long I will resist the urge to use colors, but I must conquer this impulse and discover where and when this phase will conclude… Until colors find me again.