Artist Statement

painting is one of the major factors working towards evoking the spectator’s emotions.

As an artist, I create abstract paintings and like to explore the relationship between colour and

texture that can be brought to the surface of the canvas to create a three-dimensional effect. I use

various materials and tools, such as plaster, to create ridges, ripples, crinkles, or different shapes;

blades, combs, edges of butterknives and my favourite – bare hands, to control the thick

pigments of oil paint and apply them directly on canvases to amplify their surfaces. The

combination of colour and texture can enhance emotions and perception in human beings and

that is something I plan on achieving through my paintings. The scale and presentation of each

painting are one of the major factors working towards evoking the spectator’s emotions