Through House of Alique, my practice explores the emotional life of place and the ways homes, buildings, landscapes, and everyday objects hold memory, atmosphere, and meaning.
Documenting beauty and simple joys. Giving form to what is imagined.
Whether through design for the built environment, illustration, or visual design, the work is guided by a desire to document beauty and simple joys, capture the character of a place, and give form to what makes it meaningful.
Trained in architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), I approach each project with an architectural way of seeing, grounded in careful observation, drawing, and making.
For a time, music became another way of exploring composition, rhythm, and atmosphere. I participated in Unfrozen Music: Architects in Concert, performing an arrangement for violin and piano accompanied by projected artwork that explored the relationship between architecture and music. It remains one of the experiences that continues to shape how I think about space, light, and emotion.
House of Alique is a home for the work I enjoy making. Here architecture, illustration, and visual design coexist as one evolving practice. While each project takes a different form, they all begin with curiosity, careful observation, and a desire to make something thoughtful.