From design to life - a series between geometry and painting. Today I'm closing a chapter in my studio work, the first one I feel I can close and that has reached a proper conclusion. (And surely this statement will come back to bite me in the ass in a few months when I decide that I still want to add something more after all!) BUT… I believe it’s time. I tend to keep many fronts open and it’s time to focus my attention on other ideas. Primarily because this is probably the o

Why reflect on painting? I find it curious how in the early works I did, I can see the seeds of what I would later do. And I think this archaeology is fundamental to making sense of my own work time and time again. How curious is it that themes or interests, or choices, can intuitively emerge that reveal so much about us? And how can we bring these aspects to conscious awareness? That's why I use writing. Because I believe that much of what we do isn't available in our consci

Why painting? Why oil? Why canvas? Why figure? It's easy to do an exercise. You have to make an X, this size, with this theme. It's difficult when we have to decide what to do ourselves. Not only because of the creative challenge, but also, at least for me, because they have to have a reason for existing. I blame my rational mind, which has haunted me in a way since childhood. It made me interested in decorative arts and crafts because, in a way, I saw a purpose in their exis