(2008)

expressive realism

Throughout the series, the heart is examined as a functional organ and as a site of vulnerability and endurance. Clinical knowledge and lived experience converge, allowing scientific precision to coexist with emotional resonance. The paintings oscillate between representation and abstraction, reflecting both control and exposure.

Heart Engines (2008) emerged from an intense period marked by two intersecting experiences: my professional work in medical technology and a deeply personal, traumatic bicycle accident. These circumstances gave rise to an extensive series of anatomical images of the human heart.

By the end of the series—after twelve paintings, most of them large-scale—the heart is no longer depicted as a distinct organ. What remains is a sequence of open tubes, suggesting dissolution, continuation, and the persistence of flow beyond recognizable form.