The Watercolor Roots

I first discovered the world of watercolor as a student in Eastern Europe, but it wasn't until many years later - after making New Zealand my home - that the urge to create returned with force.

After years of living amidst the beauty of Aotearoa, I picked up the brush once more. Those early watercolors were the first fluid steps of a new chapter. They taught me to let the pigment lead, to trust what emerged on the paper before my mind could name it. That reawakening has since evolved into the layered, intuitive mixed media oil work I create today.

This journey began almost three years ago, and every month since has taught me something new. What started as a quiet return to watercolor has become a daily practice in mixed media oils - a slow, stubborn, rewarding evolution.

The medium chose me as much as I chose it. Mixed media oil allows me to build slowly - glazing, layering, scraping back, rebuilding. It's physical. You can feel the history of the piece just by looking at it. That texture is the record of every decision, every doubt, every moment of yes, this is it.

I'm still learning. I suspect I always will be. This website, these paintings, this small corner of the internet - it's not a finished statement. It's a checkpoint. If you're here, you're witnessing the middle of the story, not the end.

Thank you for being part of it.