THE STORY BEHIND MY ART

Where healing becomes art
As a child I always loved drawing, but I never knew what to draw. I got bored quickly and eventually stopped, because drawing things that felt meaningless never brought me joy. My grandmother was a painter too, a beautiful one. She created hundreds of paintings such as still lifes, flowers and church interiors, and her art made many people deeply happy. I always admired her talent, her kindness and the peacefulness she carried with her. She was the kind of woman who brought light into every room simply by being there.

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Inherited talent, reborn in my own story

Shortly before she developed dementia, I spent a weekend at her house. She taught me how to paint with oil. It was a beautiful and almost sacred moment, especially knowing that not long after, she completely lost the ability to teach or paint. I am grateful that I received that last part of her before she changed.

Where vulnerability becomes strength

I started painting myself when I became ill in 2017. At that time I was diagnosed with endometriosis, I was alone at home and I carried a lot of unresolved trauma. At first I began writing poems. They helped me bring order to the chaos in my mind, find a thread through my past and understand the questions I had carried since childhood.

From poems to paintings, from chaos to clarity

After a while the poems turned into visualizations and images in my head and I began sketching them. Very quickly each poem had its own sketch. These sketches became collages, and the collages became the foundation of my paintings.

Creativity as survival, expression as freedom

I have always needed to create with purpose, something that helps me grow, move forward and understand this journey we call life or illusion, depending on how you see the world. My art is deep, emotional, layered and filled with symbolism. Every time you look at one of my paintings you can discover something new, a question, a meaning, or a different perspective. It is about understanding what surrounds us and what lies beyond and about finding our place, inner-self in this world, on this planet and in this universe.