"The Kiss Screen" Installation

I was drawn to painting from a young age. Some of my earliest memories are of making small oil paintings as a child, quiet landscapes of rolling hills, stone walls, and cottages, images that felt instinctive rather than learned.

As a teenager, I stepped away from art. At the time, I was trying to avoid anything that might draw attention to difference, and painting quietly fell away. It wasn’t until much later, after moving to Ibiza, that this early impulse returned.
I first visited the island just after my 40th birthday. I was mesmerised by the light, the landscape, and the extraordinary presence of Dalt Vila. Something felt immediately familiar. The surroundings echoed the images I had painted as a child, and I found myself drawn back to painting.

In those early years, I became captivated by the golden hour, the brief moments at sunrise and
sunset when the landscape seems to glow from within. I began to question how, or even whether, this kind of light could be captured in paint. It was this search that first led me to gold leaf. Gold became a way of working with light itself rather than describing it. It reflects, absorbs, and shifts throughout the day, activating the surface of a painting and allowing it to remain present even in low or evening light when most paintings begin to disappear. This changing luminosity has since become central to my practice.
My work is deeply connected to Ibiza; its light, landscape and atmosphere, though it is not exclusively about place. Through my work, I explore broader ideas of light, presence and transformation.

Through my Eternal Light series, I explore the island’s architecture and horizons, creating paintings that move between landscape and luminous presence. Alongside these works, my figurative paintings, including the Geisha series, emerged through both commission and curiosity. They reflect an interest in stillness, quiet strength, and the subtle power held within restraint, while continuing my exploration of light as a living element within the work.

More recently, I have begun creating smaller cabinet pieces ( what I call Las Joyitas Ibiza “the little jewels of Ibiza”) inspired by the island’s natural and symbolic wonders. These include iridescent beetles, shells, and small talismanic objects, each treated as a luminous discovery. Much of my work exists in the space between before and after — moments of transition, return, and becoming.