In 1997 she obtained a diploma from the Graduate School of Paris fashion with honors. After initially pursuing a career as a designer, the artist decided to turn back to painting full time. Following several workshops with artists like Anne Van Mierlo, Jennifer Hornyak and Marilyn Rubenstein, she decided to take a studio and work her own style.
The achievement of several abstract works by means of textiles, clothing and collages today leads to a more figurative work which represents the accumulation of her life experiences.
APPROACH
My painting is like a setting image, a representation of what I felt or lived at a time past or present of my life. It takes its strength from the memory.
Through my history, my experience and my origins atmospheres immerse my work. I jump on the canvas without a clear idea of the final result. I apply colors and shapes until it start to show a sense, an atmosphere that I recognize that I can decode and I can understand the source. It's like an open book on a lifetime. They are often feelings that arise. It is through the construction, destruction and reconstruction that show any characters and/or places. The work takes its meaning when "the history" appears to me quickly. If I have trouble with the direction of my canvas I re-work it and sometimes when I can't find a sense to it, I take a distance (few days or weeks, even months!) and then take it back to find a new direction that speaks more to me.
Some events in my life that influenced my work as an artist:
1997: Skulptur projekte in Münster (Germany): The city of Munster is invested by artists and sculptors. Parks, squares, cultural buildings are used by artists to express very strong messages.
1998: I lived 8 months in Venice. The venue is fantastic, a pictorial and architectural richness indescribable. Paintings by Bellini, Carpaccio, Botticelli, Caravaggio.The Carnival of Venice is an unforgettable experience.
Costumes are so authentic!
The architecture, design and fashion are areas that interest me greatly, and which has always been a big part of my life and my creations.
The human being is also very strong and very present in my work. Indeed by its complexity and diversity, human puts us in situations or statements that can be constructive or destructive. As said Jean-Paul Sartre "Hell is other people". And Thomas Hobbes" Human being is a wolf to human being". We must live and fight with and against some statements imposed by others. The influence, prejudice, the critics of others has often been a battle for me in instance to build myself a personality, to know me better and gain confidence in me.
