Statement

My earliest encounter with painting was pure instinct, a child’s hand dipped in pigment, pressed against a wall, unburdened by expectation. That moment, though simple, marked a beginning. Many years later, amidst the dissonance of personal and professional obligation, I returned to that primal joy and clarity. What began as a spontaneous act of play became the most truthful medium through which I could navigate the complexities of self, space, and sentiment.

Today, my practice is an act of presence. While the formal inspiration often stems from my travels or natural surroundings, the work arises from a moment-to-moment emotional state. Each painting is a translation of an interior landscape, shaped by what I feel more than what I see. The shifting light of a coastal morning, the stillness of alpine air, or the chaos of a storm become metaphors for interiority, explored through layered washes, gestural strokes, and a nuanced vocabulary of colour.

I do not seek to capture the world as it appears, but as it feels. My canvases become extensions of memory and imagination, realms where the boundary between exterior and interior dissolves. They are guided by a desire to visualise the intangible: longing, belonging, joy, solitude. In this sense, the work is both deeply personal and expansively universal.
Ultimately, I wish my paintings offer viewers a sense of quiet reflection, a place to pause, feel and connect. They are not statements, but invitations: to dream, to remember, and perhaps, to recognise something of oneself in the atmosphere of another.