I have been working with pastel for about thirty years, and my inspiration comes from encounters, walks, moments of wandering, nature, and objects…
My painting speaks of light, atmosphere, mood, and contrast.
I don’t follow a strict artistic path — it’s the interest I feel in the subject at hand that guides me: the suggestion of a fading mist, the setting sun piercing through foliage, a flower-dotted embankment…
The objects I choose to stage, marked by the passage of time and where texture takes center stage, tell me other stories — the rust of a boat anchor, a set of keys, the cracks in leather, flaking paint…
