I am a contemporary multi-disciplinary abstract artist based in North-East Scotland. Born in Curacao, N. Antilles and brought up in Kenya and Holland, I have travelled extensively throughout my life but settled here with my family 10 years ago, where my father was raised.
I work with layers and layers of paint and then wash, sand, rub back, painting gesturally, what I am feeling, from the liminal space of not knowing, no words. applying paint and marks and then peeling back the layers to reveal the stories that make up patterns and perceptions.
This process of layering on and then taking away is a core part of my process, leading to a sense of my inner landscape, sometimes in response to the outer, often inspired by music and poetry. I am constantly absorbing the world around me and my abstract landscapes emerge from this or from memories of places I have been or long to go to and often have a sense of something beyond the horizon.
My approach is deliberately instinctive. My painting is a kind of meditation, stepping out of the analytical world of thinking into the liminal space of not knowing and the joy of playing with colour and marks and brush strokes. I follow my body - surrendering to my curiosity and flow. This is the key for me, the process, of being present, playing, not trying to get anywhere and seeing what emerges.