Swimming against the current, 2024

Part of my new series ‘Whispers from the coast’ - a series that took me on a journey back to my most vivid childhood memories on the Mediterranean Sea coastline. Creating these paintings echoed voices that were very faint, like whispers, I’ve refu...

Part of my new series ‘Whispers from the coast’ - a series that took me on a journey back to my most vivid childhood memories on the Mediterranean Sea coastline. Creating these paintings echoed voices that were very faint, like whispers, I’ve refused to listen to for many years. They tried to guide me, show me my true path, connecting me with myself. They called me to be the artist that I am. They are now louder because I listen. The colours, marks and textures in these works are inspired by what the seascape and coast in Portugal have been offering me since I moved here, and re-united with those voices