45 x 40 x 40 cm Murano Glass 2019
In this Murano glass sculpture I am commenting on the risks 
of immigration. Crossing the open sea in rafts and boats
leads to tragic results. A child’s shoe that may be from a victim 
of a crossing. How in another reality he would simply be
playing with a beach ball, having fun.

LOST MOMENT

In the painting there is an internalization of intimate conflict. I am looking for dialogue between icons which can be objects of desire or fear. The work also explores the obsession of posting on social media. How we want to capture moments. Even sharing the crisis and the ridicules 



AN INSTAGRAM MOMENT

40 x 55 x 45 cm Murano Glass 2019
This glass sculpture from Murano looks at the oppession of
animal trophies. Instead of being mounted on a wall the trophy
is served up on a plate. Ready to be consumed. The title, a 
cliche based on McDonalds hamburger sauce tells the story
of explotation in many forms.

NO SECRET SAUCE

From The Honey I’m Home series. How we put partners on pedestals. And the domination of 
one over the other. How some of us carry the weight of the relationship on our shoulders. 

DOMESTIC GODDESS

How during these moments of pandemic and social crisis the human touch has 
almost become a spiritual necessity.

STEERING A COURSE

In this painting the tranquil Caribbean landscape, the beautiful seashore is rained on. The rain water is replaced by the learning blocks we all played with as children. The circumstances in life have changed their meaning. Instead of simple images of animals, letters and numbers the blocks are perverted by the decadence prevailing in the world; crime, war and politics to mention a few.

RECYCLED PERCENTAGE OF KNOWLEDGE

The painting is about the meaning that we give objects. How they super charge the landscape of our lives. We create a new landscape to measure our existence, to view ourselves from a different perspective. The symbols and icons we create give us a more complex interpretation of our existence. We spill out onto this landscape a new mystical identity that connects us, not to what they mean but to what they imply, what they encompass and provoke. 

HOLDING A LANDSCAPE TOGETHER

From the Ruptured Landscape series. A Moroccan tile design 
floats on the surface of a traditional English landscape. 
How cultures mix and nature neither good or bad assumes the 
roll of mediator.

HARMONY

  In the work there is nothing inherent in the objects themselves. The iconic elements that I use from the store windows or flea market displays on their own live a peaceful coexistence but as we tend to view them we put our preconceived notions into action. They become symbols of cultures, nation-states or religion. There is a subliminal truth in the unpretentious display of these toys, objects or antiques spread out before us. I believe that they remind us of our own contradictions. The philosophical puzzle about harmony or entente cordiale, our sometimes-innate character of fore judgment.

UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH

This painting is from a new project series called Aporia. My direction with this new body of work is a biting visual investigation into the impasses, doubts, perplexities or difficulties the we encounter about cultures…just part of our human nature, doubting the other. The images are appropriations from second hand stores, flea markets or antique shops where you can find a myriad of iconic objects related to different periods of time and a cross roads of cultures. I'm questioning are ability for tolerance at a time when intolerance is becoming prevalent AGAIN.                 

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