“My practice explores painting and drawing as a daily, evolving process. I like to discover my work through making. That unfolding matters because it gives space for intuition and discovery, pushing against our human tendency toward predictability and control. It’s the accidents and change of plans that spark my interest and breathe life and value into the work. A need to preserve the unknown.

I’m drawn to themes that feel close: queerness, the male body, memories, intimacy. I like to think that my works feel personal, but are not closed. I work from reference images, both my own and found, and I’m guided by what I feel drawn to even if I don’t fully understand why at first. I like to let the image emerge as I work. My search is for a space between figuration and abstraction, where something felt can take form.

I work mostly in oil, without solvents, and I’m constantly studying the potentiality and behaviour of paint. The surface is just as important, and I prepare all my supports from scratch, ranging from canvas, MDF and paper, adjusting according to the needs of each piece. I also paint across various scales, and I’m often working on several pieces at once. They need to grow together and speak to each other inside the studio.

At the core, I paint to stay close to something interior. I’m interested in a painting that has the capacity to hold complexity, contradiction and tenderness. The studio is both a physical space and a state of being, where the mess, routine and layering of time and material all become part of the experience of making the work.”