Drawn into Place

This series of sketches gathers the traces of the many places I have lived in or passed through. Made almost entirely in pen, the drawings confront the irreversibility of the mark: every slip, hesitation, or mistake is carried forward rather than concealed. The permanence of ink becomes part of the practice, a reminder to stay with what unfolds rather than retreat from it. The project is less about producing refined images than about the act of sketching itself—returning to paper daily, remaining with a drawing even when it resists me, and embracing the so-called “ugly” or awkward lines. In this way, each sketch becomes a record of persistence, an acceptance of imperfection, and a gesture of presence.