Artist Statement

My practice explores the intersection of symbolism, psychology and mysticism. What fascinates me is the visible world and forces in it — the beliefs we carry, the archetypes we inherit, the symbols that quietly shape our perception long before we learn how to name them - things that shape human experience.

My intellectual landscape has been shaped mainly by William Blake, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Gibran Khalil and Rumi, whose works continue to challenge my understanding of morality, freedom, faith, and the contradictions of human nature. I am equally drawn to theology — not in search of doctrine, but in search of questions. I am interested deeply in what human beings choose to believe when confronted with comfort or suffering, beauty or loss, safety or feeling of void .

Animals have become my greatest teachers.I share my life with 3 rescued dogs, each of whom has transformed the way I understand love and pain . After moving to Georgia, I found myself confronted by the reality of abandoned and injured animals. Their vulnerability altered my way of seeing the world. It became impossible to separate compassion from my artistic practice.

Although my paintings often contain immense skies, approaching storms, or landscapes suspended between dream and catastrophe, they are ultimately painted from a place of peace and it is a reminder to a viewer about their own safety - you observe overwhelming forces from a distance and being untouched by them. This paradox lies at the heart of my practice.

If my work asks a single question, it is this: can we recognize the peace we already inhabit while standing before the storm that might never truly affect us?