Influence: Layers of Influence

This painting series investigates how identity is shaped in the space between internal emotion and external demand, a shifting territory where personal truth meets societal expectation. As part of the broader inquiry of The Ordinary, the works trace the subtle and often conflicting forces that mold self-perception: the weight of cultural norms, the pressure of social performance, and the quiet persistence of private feeling.

 

Through layered compositions and recurring motifs, the series reflects on the way these influences accumulate, overlap, and sometimes conceal the core of who we are.  Each painting operates both as an individual statement and as part of a larger visual dialogue, where surface and depth are in constant negotiation.

 

In this sense, Layers of Influence becomes not just an exploration of form and color but a meditation on the ongoing process of becoming, shaped by the forces we embrace, resist, or never fully notice.