For centuries, the sea has embodied both promise and uncertainty. It is a place of commerce, exploration, ambition, and loss. My shipwreck paintings draw upon that history, using abandoned vessels and turbulent coastlines as metaphors for resilience, failure, and the passage of time.

Rather than documenting specific events, these paintings explore the emotional weight carried by objects that have outlived their original purpose. Scarred hulls, fractured timbers, and weathered shores become symbols of endurance, memory, and transformation. Through heavily worked surfaces, layers of paint applied and scraped away, and a restrained palette, I seek to create images that feel excavated rather than merely painted.

While rooted in the physical world, these works invite broader reflection on the fragility of civilizations, the consequences of human ambition, and our enduring capacity to rebuild after loss.