Travelling is a matter of change, courage and imagination. Letting things go and accepting what's put in front of you. Painting landscapes without any other visual reference, feels like getting on a journey carrying a ticket with blank destination.
There is a lot to take in when we look at each other's bodies and our surroundings. The unreliable beauty of the shapes, in synch with the passage of time and the light aging as the world spins, keeps surprising. There is so much substance, chaos and abundance. To be alive, and witness the evolution and revolution of our cells and truly living, is the greatest challenge and the greatest of privileges.
In my figurative work, the subjects often look far away, chasing a thought or a memory all the way to the horizon, whilst bathing in their own mind. Whether the subject is human or material, there is a high level of abstract in my work. I like to mix detailed subjects with more stylized and rough backgrounds. Accentuate the contrast between pencil work and hard paint brushes
When was the last time that you really felt at home? Or felt the call from a place or an image that would evoque a supreme sense of belonging? I discovered a long time ago that my home was going to be an ever changing moment. In the most random places I heard the music of being alive, swaying me and slapping me to wake my own humanity.
"You aspire to free heights, your soul thirsts for the stars. But your wicked instincts too, thirst for freedom. Your wild dogs want freedom; They bark with joy in their cellar when your spirit plans to open all prisons."
Friedrich Nietzsche