Introducing the Bloomshift Style

Every artist has a way of working that feels most like home — for me, it’s what I call the Bloomshift style. It grew out of my love for watercolor’s soft, organic blooms and my fascination with geometric structure. In Bloomshift, I layer the two: transparent washes and gentle color blooms meet subtle cubist edges and shifts in perspective.

The process is part control, part surprise. I’ll map out the structure of a composition, then let watercolor move and pool in ways I can’t entirely predict. Those spontaneous marks — the blooms — often become the most alive parts of the painting. I respond to them by refining certain edges, softening others, and sometimes tilting the perspective so it feels just slightly off balance, like a memory that’s vivid in places and hazy in others.

Bloomshift has shown up in multiple series — from still lifes to interiors — but it’s less about subject matter and more about a way of seeing. It’s about holding on and letting go at the same time, creating work that feels grounded yet fluid, deliberate yet open to chance.