Artworks

DRAWINGS

Meeting of Styles/ Pencil/ 2010

I grew up watching my talented mum create and trying to copy her. Drawing became my first artistic passion: I began practising seriously at the age of three and have never put the pencil down since. It became the foundation of my later work, shaping the way I approached painting and, eventually, sculpture.

Drawing is a form of meditation for me, but also a space where the mind is free to wander. I often begin without any fixed idea, allowing the marks to develop intuitively until unexpected shapes emerge and suggest a direction of their own. I simply follow what my imagination begins to recognise. The process is spontaneous, calming and deeply personal—and I would recommend it to anyone as a way of slowing down and listening to their own inner world.

When people look at my abstract drawings, they rarely see the same thing. Each viewer brings their own memories, associations and imagination, turning the work into a different experience every time.

I’m colour-blind—but I love to paint. Over the years, I have explored many styles, subjects and techniques, never settling into one fixed visual language. In my slightly unreliable eyes, that is probably a good thing.

Light pink and grey can look almost identical to me; green and brown often mislead me, and sometimes even green seems blue. Rather than seeing this only as a limitation, I have learned to treat it as part of the process. Colour becomes less about accuracy and more about instinct, contrast and mood.

Unlike my sculptures, which often develop through years of planning, engineering and construction, painting gives me room to act quickly and unpredictably. It is a place for experimentation, mistakes and sudden decisions—and perhaps that is why I have never wanted to define it too narrowly.