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ARTIST STATEMENT My work begins in quiet moments — the places where thought, memory and emotion meet. I paint to understand the inner landscapes that shape us: the weight of personal history, the tenderness of healing, and the subtle shifts that happen when we pay attention to our own lives.I come from a family of artists, but my practice grew out of something more fragile and personal: the need to rebuild, to make sense of experience, and to find steadiness through creativity. My paintings often explore themes of resilience, introspection and the unseen emotional currents that move beneath everyday life.I work slowly, intuitively, allowing each piece to unfold in its own time. Texture, colour and gesture become ways of thinking — ways of holding complexity without forcing it into clarity too soon. I’m drawn to the tension between vulnerability and strength, and to the idea that art can be both a refuge and a form of courage.At its heart, my practice is an ongoing conversation with the self: a search for meaning, connection and renewal. I hope my work offers viewers a moment of stillness, a sense of recognition, or simply the feeling of being gently accompanied.🌿

ABOUT ME Art has threaded itself through my life long before I ever picked up a brush with intention. My grandparents taught art; my uncle painted; my father created work of striking intelligence and sensitivity. I grew up watching him wrestle with the weight of being an artist — the beauty, the struggle, the silence, the hope. When he threw away his entire body of work in his sixties, it felt like witnessing the heartbreak of a calling that asks everything of you. For years, I didn’t think art was meant for me. I avoided it at school. I tried to walk other paths. But creativity has a way of finding you when you need it most. Through therapy, I began making small pieces, and something inside me shifted. Fifteen years ago, I stepped into a studio for the first time, nervous but determined to learn. I wanted to understand technique, to explore materials, to be among people who lived and breathed art. Since then, I’ve discovered just how vast the world of art is — how many voices, visions, and stories it holds. I’m still learning, still experimenting, still trying to honour the role artists play in shaping the emotional landscape of life. Thank you for being here. I sometimes joke that I “make art not friends,” but the truth is that friendship, love and health are the things that keep us steady. Art grows from them, and so do we.