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Swirls of Constant Motion

Painting for me is a continuous conversation with the outside world. This dialogue is only possible while I am in the studio. My thoughts are directed by the physicality of paint. The paintings emerge out of the intensity of colours and pigments that I use, its thickness, translucency, lightness or darkness. 

My work is deeply visceral. I am driven by what paint can do moreover, by what I can do with the paint.  The combination of textures, colours, light, shades and shapes add layers to the visual meaning in my work, and the movements of my brush becomes a phenomenon which guides our perception to the very energetic frequency that is driving my thoughts, and subsequently the actual art making.

Painting is a very speculative process; the paint awakens my senses and allows me to think in a particular way. I observe nature, situations and people in the context of their own lives. I try to understand how things around me exist and why they exist in the way they do. I take things in and out of my mind. This selection process is a constant interrogation of thoughts and materials.  

Mixing the paint is an intuition. In my work, it is not possible to predict how colours would relate to one another, sometimes the most extreme hues balance with the movement of my brush, and at other times, they shout at each other.  My process is intense. It requires the equilibrium of my physical togetherness, independence of my mind and openness of my soul.