The Language of My Work
An Introduction to Emotional Archaeology and Innerworldism
Art as Excavation. Feeling as Relic.
Emotional Archaeology is the foundation of my practice. It views art-making as an excavation of the innerworld, digging through the layered sediments of feeling, memory, and identity to uncover what has been buried, forgotten, or hidden. These works emerge as emotional artifacts: fragments of our inner histories made visible.
Here, the creative act is not about inventing something new, but about revealing something timeless within.
Innerworldism (The Aesthetic Focus)
Mapping the Terrain of the Psyche.
Innerworldism treats the mind and emotions as vast, mutable landscapes, terrains populated by strange beings, symbolic relics, and emotional echoes. My work visualizes these innerworlds as places of curiosity, transformation, and ambiguity. These are maps of the unseen, portals to the in-between, where identity shifts and feelings take shape.
Archeo Emotive Art (The Method)
Relics of Feeling. Beings of Memory.
Archeo Emotive Art is how I give form to what I find. Emotions become fossils, totems, or ambiguous creatures, artifacts from a personal or collective emotional prehistory. This approach embraces abstraction and symbolism, allowing feelings to manifest as beings, objects, or landscapes pulled from beneath the conscious mind.
Excavation Art (The Process)
Layer by Layer. Mark by Mark.
Excavation Art is the physical and intuitive process behind my work. It privileges the act of digging, layering, erasing, and revealing. I leave traces of this process visible — marks, imperfections, and hesitations become part of the work’s history. These are not polished artifacts but living evidence of an ongoing search beneath the surface.
Why This Matters
In a world obsessed with certainty, clarity, and surface, Emotional Archaeology reminds us of the value of mystery, process, and inner complexity. It honors the fragmented, the unfinished, and the unseen, inviting viewers to become fellow excavators of their own innerworlds.