This recent body of work revolves around personal family photographs. This collection includes contemporary snapshots and images from my home country, dating back to the early or pre-2000. Painting from an abandoned photograph to me is like rebuilding material, transforming the impermanence of a memory into something more tangible and physical. The paintings demand a different presence rather than confined to a pocket-sized photograph, they’re here in the room with you to face you. Re-painting and reworking these photographs is, for me, a process of creating new meanings and contexts. It captures the dynamic tension between the past and the present. Through my art, I explore the intricate layers of identity, memory, and the ever-evolving narratives of immigration.