Barn Again is a series born from weathered edges, faded memories, and the quiet poetry of imperfection. Using cold wax medium and oil paints, I explore surfaces layered with time—textured, scraped, obscured, and revealed again—echoing the rhythm of decay and renewal found in abandoned barns and forgotten corners of rural life.

This body of work is deeply rooted in the Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi, embracing transience, imperfection, and the beauty of things that are modest, humble, and quietly resilient. Each panel is a meditation on the tactile language of age: peeling paint, rusted hinges, broken beams—elements that speak not of loss, but of endurance.

The titles—drawn from nursery rhymes, fables, and fragments of fleeting thought—offer a thread of familiarity or whimsy that invites viewers to find their own stories within the cracks. They serve as lyrical openings, gently contrasting with the raw materiality of the work, adding a layer of curiosity and contradiction.

Through Barn Again, I invite viewers to slow down, to notice what is usually overlooked, and to find grace in the forgotten. It is a series about weathering and wonder, about what’s been built, broken, and beautifully reborn.