Process and Decision

In painting, the gesture acts directly — there is no intermediary stage separating decision from outcome. The image responds instantly, which makes attentiveness essential. Every movement can alter the structure of the composition, and the tensions that arise often determine the final form of the work. The painting process requires real-time response. The form unfolds before the artist’s eyes, sometimes in unpredictable ways. What becomes crucial is recognizing the moment when the image reaches its proper balance — before it is overpainted or loses its initial impulse. In this sense, painting is an attempt to capture a process rather than its result. It is a practice grounded in decisions made in time, in direct contact with the material substance of the image.