ARTIST Q&A
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How would you describe your work?
My work sits between surrealism and figuration. I use simplified, sculptural forms to suggest the human body, focusing on presence rather than narration. The paintings are built through light, shadow, and volume, creating portraits that are quiet, introspective, and deliberately timeless.
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What are the main influences behind your practice?
My visual language originates from graffiti. The way I construct forms, shadows, and depth comes directly from spray techniques . Layering, gradients, and controlled transitions. At the same time, I am strongly influenced by Renaissance painting, particularly its use of chiaroscuro, compositional balance, and its ability to give weight and gravity to a figure. My work is an attempt to bring these two worlds together.
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How does graffiti still influence your paintings today?
Graffiti is present in the way I think about form and impact. The shadows, the outlines, the way colors interact are all inherited from that background. Even though the work is now painted on canvas, the logic of construction remains rooted in urban practice , building depth, asserting presence, and making the image stand on its own.
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What materials and techniques do you use?
I work mainly with acrylic paint, oil pastels, and mixed media on canvas. I often layer colors, erase, rewrite, and let traces appear , like memories that never fully fade. Texture is essential; it gives the painting a sense of life and movement.
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Is your process spontaneous or planned?
The process is highly structured. While the first gesture may be intuitive, the painting quickly becomes a construction. Each form is adjusted, each shadow refined, until the composition reaches a precise balance. Nothing is left to chance. The apparent simplicity of the image hides a long process of building, correcting, and controlling the relationships between forms, light, and space.
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Why do you focus on simplified or fragmented figures?
By reducing the figure to essential forms, I remove anecdote and narrative. This allows the image to become more universal. The figures are portraits , symbols of human presence. Fragmentation creates ambiguity, leaving space for interpretation while reinforcing a sense of solitude and introspection.
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Do you accept commissions or collaborations?
Yes , I sometimes create commissioned artworks or collaborate on artistic and design projects that align with my vision. Every collaboration starts with a conversation about emotion, color, and intention.
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Your work often feels very still. Is this intentional?
Yes. Stillness is central to my work. I am interested in slowing down the viewer and creating images that resist immediacy. This sense of suspension comes from classical painting, where figures exist in a timeless space, detached from the outside world. I aim to recreate that atmosphere while using a contemporary visual language.
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Where can people see your work?
My paintings are available through my online gallery and social media. I also participate in exhibitions and art events in Europe. Each piece is unique and tells a story , you can explore available works directly on my website.
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Do you ship internationally?
Yes , I ship artworks worldwide. Each piece is carefully prepared and packaged to ensure it arrives safely, wherever you are.Smaller works are usually shipped stretched on their wooden frame (chassis), ready to hang. Larger works are often carefully rolled and sent in a protective tube, which keeps them safe and reduces shipping costs. See product description.