Creating art is my life. It’s where I can freely unleash my imagination, challenge my skills, develop new techniques, and sculpt my vision. The composition excites me, and I embrace both precision and spontaneity in my work. With every painting, I sharpen my creative process and align my vision, striving to become an influential voice in the art world.
My work explores identity, memory and beauty, blending abstraction and figuration to create portraits that feel both deeply personal and resonant. The expressive realism of Gustave Courbet, Jenny Saville, and Guy Maestri captivates me, while the psychological depth in Brett Whiteley and Ben Quilty’s work fuels my desire to release raw emotion into my subjects. I deliberately embrace imperfections, allowing abstraction and spontaneity to shape the composition.
Each artwork begins with craftsmanship. I stretch my own canvases with loom-state fabric, prime them, and layer vibrant colours for the foundation. This structured beginning allows me to become a perfectionist and break that apart. I use acrylics to quickly build tones, blocking in washes of light and shadow to create depth and form. Then, oils allow me to refine, break apart, and reconstruct the portrait, giving me time to experiment with texture and technique.
At the core of my practice, I define beauty—not as a fixed ideal, but as an evolving, imperfect process where realism and abstraction marry together. In my portraits, I want viewers to connect with the spirit and soul of each subject, feeling the weight of their emotions beyond the painted surface. What drives me as an artist is the constant cycle of innovation, development and growth. Each artwork is a step forward, a new way of seeing, understanding, and expressing.