About the artist
Growing up in South Africa, I was surrounded by color and a kind of restless light. Markets, street scenes, and everyday moments felt vivid and charged, and those early impressions stayed with me long before I called myself a painter.
I didn’t follow a formal art school path. My way into painting was slower, built on years of looking, absorbing, and quietly experimenting until I finally gave myself permission to do what I love. That decision lies at the heart of the work you see here.
My paintings grow out of the mix of places I have called home: Southern Africa, Austria, and now Florida. I’m drawn to the abstract shapes and colors in everyday life. I’m not trying to depict specific objects. Instead, I build each piece in layers, letting one mark lead to the next, until the surface feels organic and alive.
The colorful and diverse environments of my youth in Africa and Austria, combined with the coastal light of Florida, shape my visual language. Through this, I try to express the beauty and complexity of the world and the richness of human experience. My work explores the space between culture, identity, and memory without needing to spell out a clear story.
These paintings are rooted in my own journey, but they are meant as an invitation. I hope they create a place where others can find their own connections, their own landscapes, and their own stories in the color and movement.
How the work gets made.
Most painting start with some idea but are spontaneous. I work on the floor or against the wall, moving around the surface, responding to what is already there. One mark suggests the next. A color calls for its opposite. A line goes somewhere unexpected and I follow it.
I work with oil sticks and markers, sometimes acrylic, sometimes pencil. The process is slow and layered. I put a painting down, let it dry, come back to it, add more, put it down again. A painting might live on my wall for weeks before it feels finished. I do not decide when it is done so much as I recognise it.
Each painting ships with a certificate of authenticity signed by me. If you want to know more about a specific work or how it might look in your space, just reach out.
