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Painting has always been my way of slowing down and paying attention.

Every painting begins with quiet observation, a changing landscape, the colours of a garden through the seasons, the texture of weathered stone, or the way light transforms an ordinary room. These moments become the starting point for work that is less about recording a place and more about capturing its atmosphere.

Working primarily in oil, I build each painting slowly through layers of colour, texture and light, allowing each piece to develop at its own pace. I am drawn to timeless subjects that invite reflection and bring a sense of calm into the spaces they inhabit.

My paintings are created to live in homes where they become part of everyday life, where morning light changes their colours, where conversations unfold around them, and where they quietly accompany the rhythm of the seasons.

Each collection reflects my ongoing exploration of Art, Home and Garden, a belief that beauty is not separate from the way we live but woven into the places we create, the landscapes that inspire us, and the objects we choose to surround ourselves with.

I hope these paintings bring a lasting sense of warmth, stillness and connection to your home.

Series - Close up figures

Intimate, cropped studies of living forms focus on texture, light, and surface to evoke presence instead of telling a story. Close-up compositions reveal tactile details and quiet moods, inviting slow attention and mindful observation.

Jiji

2022- (unfinished)

Oil painting on stretched canvas 120 x 120cm

This painting is of my beloved cat, Jiji. She was a tortoiseshell tabby full of personality, with a beautiful, thick short-haired coat. I began this painting in 2022, the year she passed away, and is unfinished to this date.

Oil painting on stretched canvas 120 x 120cm

The colours used are Yellow Ochre, Titanium White, Raw umber Burnt umber , Sap Green

Love

2011

Oil painting on stretched canvas 100 x 100cm

The painting was inspired from a photo and realised in 2011

Series - the Swimmers

The Swimmers series dives into the quiet, rhythmic world of aquatic life, blending intimate character studies with the meditative pace of laps and tides. Each installment explores themes of endurance, companionship, and the small rituals that bring clarity to everyday life. Immerse yourself in a calming current of storytelling that celebrates resilience and gentle transformation.

Series - Lavender Fields

The Lavender Fields series captures the serene beauty of endless purple blooms, where light and shadow dance across gentle hills. Each piece evokes calm, nostalgia, and the quiet magic of nature in full bloom. It’s a celebration of stillness, scent, and the fleeting poetry of a summer landscape.

Lavender Field - Lavender Fields Collection - 2

2025- Ongoing

Oil painting on stretched canvas 180 x 60cm

Others series…

Series - held horizon

Held Horizon 1

2025-2026

Oil painting on stretched canvas 180 × 120cm

Colours used: Raw amber, Buff Titanium, French Ultra Marine, Ochre, White Titamium

This abstract work explores stillness, balance, and spatial quiet through layered texture and restrained contrast. Soft mineral tones and suspended dark forms create a contemplative atmosphere reminiscent of distant reflections, weathered surfaces, and fading landscapes.

Built through multiple layers and subtle surface variation, the painting invites slow looking and emotional interpretation rather than fixed narrative.

Ideal for calm interiors and architectural spaces, the piece is designed to bring visual rest and grounded presence into a room.

Locked down

2020

Oil painting on stretched canvas 180 x 120cm

Locked down is a painting inspired from a photo.  It represents a woman standing behind a large glass window, her elbow resting on the window frame.  Although the woman’s glance faces outwards, she appears to be lost in her thoughts, almost daydreaming.  She may be confined indoors and wishes to be outside, or maybe is simply bored.

The window reflects a sea landscape.  The shore and sea seem to be far out.  It appears to be grey and cold outside, which contrasts with the warmth and darkness of the inside.

Only 4 colours were used for the painting: Buff titanium, yellow ochre, raw amber and blue grey, which combines cold and warm colours.

It took 5 months to do the painting.

The girl in the red shoes

2019

Oil painting on stretched canvas 120 x 150cm

Colours used: Brilliant Red. And White titanium and Ivory Black

The painting was inspired from a photo and realised in April-June 2019. The only hint of colour is on the shoe.

Balade

2019

Oil painting on stretched canvas 120 x 120cm

Colours used: Yellow ocre, Burnt amber, White titanium, Permanent blue, Red Cadnium . And White titanium

The painting was inspired from a photo and realised between August and September 2019.