My art is an invitation to witness the resilience of nature, memory, and the quiet beauty found in the unexpected. Through painting, I explore the strength, joy, and renewal that emerge from embracing life’s cycles. Color is my voice, and with each brushstroke, I celebrate the layered complexity of experience.

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My creative process is rooted in the delicate interplay between the human spirit and the natural world. Like the Symbolist painters, I seek to evoke emotion and atmosphere rather than merely replicate the physical. My paintings are intuitive responses to memory, place, and feeling - often mirrored in the titles that accompany them.

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My current body of work is mostly representational, infused with elements of abstract expression. Each piece begins organically - a blank canvas layered with spontaneous color fields. From these instinctive marks, shapes and forms slowly emerge, guiding the painting’s evolution. I approach the canvas with openness and it’s not unusual for me to shift directions entirely or to begin anew. Sometimes I sketch a loose outline or reference photographs I’ve taken, but the final image is always the result of layered exploration and discovery.

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As a dual citizen of South Africa and the United States, my work reflects the richness and contrast of living between cultures and landscapes. Both countries feed my palette and my perspective.

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I am continually drawn to the language of landscape and organic forms. My paintings invite the viewer into a world where the emotional and the environmental gently intersect, and where the cycles of life are both observed and felt.