The Artist

I started painting in 2011 and fell in love with the combination of both worlds. I've been playing violin since 1994, which heavily anchors my approach to discipline and abstraction.

The way I approach an artwork is influenced by the music or movie playing in the background, so I feel that my artworks are accompanied by the zone I'm in as I dip into a musical phase, a genre, a composer, a new album.

I loosely choose which sounds are going to accompany me, reach out for a colour that works in that moment and starting moving around the canvas or paper. There is no plan because music can be so moody, albums have many colours, composers change their skin during different phases of their lives.

The process of painting creates a space for me to be closer to myself by being at ease and immersed in music without all of the technical constraints and expectations. Getting closer to colour and movement, and being present and connected for a chunky block of time is so refreshing, since most things (except for teaching) seem to divide my attention into many little different pieces.