Recent Work

The Abundance of Spring and Summer

In this series, I explore the sensory abundance of the Algarve hills. Especially in spring and summer are those impressions strong. Moving away from traditional, literal landscape representation, works like Into the green and Abundance capture the overwhelming vitality of spring expanding into the unyielding heat of the summer.

Tactile process

Through a tactile process of blind drawing and layering—utilising acrylic, charcoal, and ink on canvas—the paintings translate the raw, almost vibrating energy of the local flora into abstract nature art.

Through the compositions, the viewer is invited to look beyond the physical surface and delve into the underlying meaning of the landscape.

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Calmness versus dynamism

This series investigates the landscape of the Algarve hinterland, focusing on the dialogue between vulnerability and resilience. While the local environment is often romanticised, works like Agitation—conceived in the aftermath of severe winter storms—confront the chaotic, overwhelming power of nature that triggers a collective sense of human insignificance.

In contrast to this ecological turbulence, Shelter and The bird’s nest function as symbolic architectures of protection. They represent the opposite, temporary spaces of safety and hope amidst winter storms. Through an intuitive process of action and reaction, these compositions utilise gestural mark-making and restricted tonal palettes to map the delicate boundary between finding refuge and facing the storm.

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