"Happy Place" Painting

In my abstract paintings, I create feelings of freedom, liveliness and transformation through hyper color contrast, dynamic composition, movement and instability. I thrive on spontaneity, and value adaptability and flexibility. I like to incorporate these concepts in my abstract artwork.

In my impressionist landscapes, I aim to bring forth elation and serenity. I rarely use a paint brush and work mostly with painting knives and other tools like squeegees. Armed with my fancy squeegees and various painting knives, I like to create colorful imaginary forests and landscapes in oil, acrylic or watercolor.

A recurring comment on my social media has been the uplifting and cheerful nature of some of my paintings. Nothing makes me happier!

Up until January 2022, I was teaching Math at American University and Montgomery college, while dedicating the rest of my time to painting. I have shifted my priorities and become a full-time artist. I believe this has allowed me to make tremendous progress in my painting skills and to discover unexplored inner realms of the soul. Every morning, I wake up, go to work and look forward to the new adventures awaiting me in my studio!
Some recent achievements:
Fashion collaboration: International fashion brand SHEIN's sub-brand, MOTF, released a collection of garments based on four of my floral paintings: please see a video of the collection here.

Media features:

Architectural Digest Excellence in Design, DC Metro, January 2025 Architectural Digest's annual Top 100 List of industry leaders
Named one of DC Modern Luxury’s “10 Emerging Artists to Follow”. Please read here.

Featured in the Local Stories section of Baltimore magazine in November 2022. Here is the story.

Featured as Artist of the Month in the April 2022 issue of Kensington Neighbors Magazine: Article (on page 14)

Interviewed in the Fall of 2021 in preparation for the McLean Project for the Arts, Artfest in which I participated: Interview.
I was featured in a new initiative called BoldJourney designed to help get the word out about great local businesses, artists and creatives. Here is the article:
Rozee.living wrote up a beautiful blog about my journey as an artist here.