Creative Process
I start on paper, with rough sketches. Then I take pictures of them and I create a crisp and precise outline on my IPad.
From here I trace it on paper and I color it using gouache, watercolors or pencils. Often I enjoy doing a tonal study, working on the textures first and using Photoshop to bring the colors into the artwork at the end of the process. Painting for me is a spiritual practice, because it feels like meditation. Nothing makes me reach such a state of inner peace as easily as painting does.

Sources of inspiration
The symbolic nature of my work is influenced by Hindu and Tibetan Buddhism paintings. If I had to name three main sources of inspiration, they would be Kandinsky and Hilma Klint for abstraction and colour, classical painting masters for composition, and my own meditations and personal challenges for the themes. Animals and nature documentaries fuel a lot of my fascination for color and organic shapes, too.