Before becoming a full-time artist in 2021, I worked in mental health and as a musician. Those experiences still run through my work.
I’m drawn to mortality, decay, and the question of how to live with existence. My work explores existential themes through psychology, philosophy, and how people relate to themselves and to each other.
I often use mirrored figures, prompting questions like: Is this how others see me? Or how I see myself?
My work is rooted in expression. Raw, physical, immediate. I care more about gesture than design, more about instinct than concept.
I build my paintings in layers, then remove or mask parts of them again. What you see is only a fragment. The rest sits underneath, like it does in people.
I use whatever feels urgent: acrylics, ink, palette knives, tape, photocopies. I prefer it when the outcome remains unfamiliar to me until the very end. If I’m not surprised, maybe you won’t be either.
Looking is a big part of the process. Again and again. At people, at the painting – it’s the same. Adjusting, removing, reworking. Getting closer without forcing an answer.
Because when you really want to see who people are, all you have to do is look.