Art

What happens when two artists with completely different visual languages decide to paint on the same canvas? If you've been following me on Instagram recently, you've probably noticed something different happening in my studio practice. A new body of work is emerging. Not created by one artist, but by two. It all started with Instagram. Valerie Gyzel and I had been following each other's work for quite some time. We admired one another's artistic voice from a distance, exchanged occasional messages, and eventually decided to meet for coffee. What began as a conversation about painting soon became a conversation about possibility. Could two artists [...]

People often ask me why the women in my paintings look the way they do. They rarely shout for attention. They don't appear fragile, yet they don't need to prove their strength either. There is something calm about them. Confident. Resilient. Over the years, I've realised that I don't paint these women because I imagine them. I paint them because I've been surrounded by quiet strength for much of my life. My son, Max, was born with a spontaneous mutation in the GNAO1 gene, a rare neurological condition that has profoundly shaped his life and ours. He lives with severe dystonia, is unable to speak [...]

Recently, the world watched as Barcelona’s Sagrada Família reached another historic milestone. More than 140 years after construction began, the basilica continues to rise toward completion. Yet what fascinates me most is not the building itself. It is the mindset behind it. Antoni Gaudí knew he would never see the finished cathedral. Still, he dedicated his life to laying the foundations of something larger than himself. Stone by stone. Arch by arch. Tower by tower. A vision so ambitious that it would require generations to complete. (The Wall Street Journal) As an artist, I often think about that. Not because I build with stone. But because I [...]