Artist Statement

As an abstract expressionist painter, I am drawn to the physical and emotional rhythms that shape everyday life. I see these rhythms in a sense like a visual pulse, echoed in the shifting tides, changing light, and emotional presence of the sea. My work is rooted in the energy of movement and atmosphere. Painting allows me to translate these emotions onto canvas into expansive abstract shapes and forms that are deeply reflective of my feelings at the time.

Working in large scale is essential to my process, allowing me to move freely and express myself without limits, so that gestural brush strokes, mark-making, and colour become extensions of my thoughts and feelings. Each painting evolves through layers of texture and movement, creating a surface that holds both intensity and stillness. I am interested in exploring how paintings can carry the rawness of emotion while remaining open and immersive, and this forms the basis of my practice.

Seascapes are a lasting source of inspiration, not as places to be depicted literally, but as emotional and spatial experiences. The sea suggests depth, calm, turbulence, and constant change. These qualities mirror the texture of life and the pace of the world around us. Through colour, scale, and gesture, I seek to evoke the sensation of being inside a moment rather than simply observing it.

My paintings are not fixed narratives. They are spaces for reflection, sensation, and connection. I want the viewer to encounter them physically as well as emotionally, to feel drawn into the movement and atmosphere and form a connection with my work.