The greatest brush is my own body. Imprinting myself on the canvases allows me to connect with the painting and become part of it, which has a soothing effect, almost like a therapy. When I paint, my silhouette becomes a part of my creation allowing me to make it into anything I want to.
My creative process is profoundly influenced by Lou Andreas Salome’s interpretation of the story of Narcissus. She pointed out that our apathy towards him might be a result of a common misunderstanding of the myth rather than him objectively being a one-dimensional and a conventionally bad character.
All of the magic he’s experienced, the beauty he’s seen on Earth and the unreachable stars – all of this is incomplete without his existence. He finally sees himself not only as a passive observer, but as an essential participant, as life itself.
I want my paintings to be what the surface of the water was for Narcissus.
