Artist Statement

 
I believe in what Picasso said, "There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality."

 
My paintings are non-verbal communications between my memories from different landscapes. I try to create a bridge between realism and abstraction in nature, representing natural forms and destroying them as I move toward the abstract. The moods and feelings that my paintings create are far more important to me than references to natural landscapes.

 
With each painting I experiment, learn, grow while working spontaneously with color, texture, light and composition of ground and space. I use exaggerated organic lines, distorted and abstracted with energetic and subtle brushstrokes. Scraping away, repainting, pouring color, whipping, dripping … creative work is an inexplicable process and I try all possibilities of what can be done with colour, value and hue on canvas to embrace spirituality.



My paintings have a universal language that speaks from my heart. To me it is a poem that touches my feelings. It reminds me of where I come from and where I belong in this vast universe.
 

Let my paintings recite by themselves.