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Downtown Chicago has a handful of 7-Eleven stores. Often, they are in beautiful, older buildings. I love the bright colors and clutter.

I am a biochemical engineer turned artist. Using fast-drying acrylics, unconventional tools, and collage, I embrace spontaneity and imperfection. My paintings evolve intuitively, revealing textured layers and organic meaning while exploring interconnectedness across science, cultures, disciplines, and inner and outer worlds. This piece reflects how the fundamental structures of life take on fluid, rhythmic forms. The Guanine (G) molecule—a nucleotide of DNA—transforms into a dynamic dancer, its movement inspired by my own dance practice and echoing the invisible forces that shape all living beings. Each pink dot marks an atom within guanine’s structure, labeled as C (carbon), H (hydrogen), N (nitrogen), or O (oxygen), reflecting its true formula, C₅H₅N₅O. Flowing organic elements, scientific notations, and ethereal light intertwine, bridging the molecular and the cosmic. Like the series it belongs to, this painting dissolves boundaries—between science and art, structure and spontaneity—to celebrate the shared essence of existence.

I am attracted to both the flow of fabric and the elements of construction that transform an unstructured surface into a sculptured form that fits a human body. Seams, edgings, buttons, zippers and all the other ways that cloth becomes clothing find their way into my current body of work. Like an abstract painting, my work emerges from a process of deconstructing and then reassembling the fractured elements from my collection of discarded clothing.