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In my work I subconsciously focus on bringing attention to the issue of the precarious relationship between Man and Nature (and the interaction of Nature, Society and Technology). I get inspiration from my immediate everyday experience, in particular from the images and ideas that come from the global interface provided by the mass media and also from my physical contact with the elements (the textural experience). I work with acrylics, oil and collage in my paintings. If I had to define my work I would say it is a balance between action and contention, sourcing my energy from the power of improvisation, serendipity and conscious reasoning in classical terms. I use both thick and watery paint and sometimes with a restricted color range. I get inspired when something triggers something. I’m fascinated with Internet as a global interface and research tool. And that brings me a lot of energy to produce something. So there you go, that’s one form of inspiration for something. But also, I’m very much ground based. I like to feel things. I like the texture, the smell, I like to feel things. I like colors. I like the sensations and the danger and all that. So those two things together they feed each other and inform my work. In the end, you’re trying to make that specific thing you’re doing, that work you’re working on, to become an identity in itself. Utopia or not you are trying to give the work, a life and autonomy to let it free. But to reach that perception it’s not easy. You have to work on yourself on your limits and refuse a lot of extra stuff that could compromise that uniqueness. That’s where I want to be, when the work becomes alive, it’s lively. It could leave it without me in control. You need some sort of energy, an input of timeless quality to achieve that. I leave all sorts of visual marks on the surface (spots, stains, lines and doodles, dirt) . If there is only one thing I could say that is my principle – that would be– raw spontaneity. Because it spreads for other things in live, that’s crucial for me. If I’m not true enough with spontaneity, I’m compromising other stuff I totally believe. It’s good to see traces of the attempts of reaching something. That’s part of the process of making and thinking. That’s part of life. You cannot forget the mistakes that you do. There’s no magic wipe. There is a process underlining my making.