What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? Lately, I have been really focused on how light interacts with heavy texture on the canvas. I work mostly with palette knives and thick impasto, and right now I am experimenting with layering colors in a way that feels almost like sculpting rather than just painting.…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? What excites me most in my artistic journey today is discovering that grief, even in its deepest form, can become a powerful source of creation. The loss of my son, Sepehr, profoundly transformed my understanding of life, absence, and human emotion. For a long time, I…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? I continue to explore the world of abstraction through the art of dot painting. It is an intricate and meditative process, where every single dot requires time, patience, attention, and a certain state of mind. For me, this technique is more than just a way of…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? I am exploring how a painting can hold abstract story and flowers without telling one fixed story. In my recent paintings, bright colors and loose marks meet dark space. I let the image move between a flower we can recognize and something more abstract. What excites…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? I am currently exploring intertwined bodies and the moment when a painted mark becomes a presence. Figures lean into one another, share their weight, or become difficult to separate. I am interested in how the same embrace can suggest care, desire, dependence or restraint. I bring…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? In the modern world there is so much to do, so many roles, expectations and things we feel we have to do. Layer by layer, they cover up who we really are and we get used to living on autopilot, often leaving little room to actually…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? I’m exploring how far I can trust the moment. As an architect I plan, measure and control. As a painter I do the opposite: no concept, no sketch, the painting grows out of the act of painting itself. What excites me most is the instant when…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? What I love most at the moment is discovering unexpected connections between things that catch my eye, bringing them together into constellations that suggest untold or imagined stories. Looking back through years of photographs, saved images and earlier paintings, I noticed that certain objects, shapes and…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? I love creating works that speak of Brazil. It's a country that inspires me! Each region has its own landscapes, colors, customs, and way of life. I often say that Brazil is a great cultural blender: so many influences meet here and gain a very Brazilian…
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What are you currently exploring in your artistic practice that excites you the most? Seasonal change is a frequent theme in my art. It must be the impact of Melbourne’s changeable weather! Right now, it's springtime in Melbourne and the atmosphere is constantly shifting from warm, windy days to chilly downpours. I find myself closely observing these sudden transformations in…