The Golden Series
…exploring, simplicity, and limitation.
Playful yet serious.
Yellow has always been a pillar in my work and on my palette, but I had never based a whole series of work around it.
Acrylic ink was the perfect medium to achieve the lightness of a watercolor, while still being vibrant as acrylic paint.
We often live our past through photographs, notes, and items that send us back in time. In the digital age, everything seems to be fleeting, momentary, and in the cloud rather than grounded.
I often end up thinking the importance of documenting, and journaling…. and in a way this series (as many of the other works I make) feel like a visual diary of my experiences as a human. Not only documenting locations, but feelings, narratives, and ideas, translated through colour and shape.
I enjoy working in series, applying the same ingredients to different compositions, and exploring how much variety I can get.
This piece, born from an initial experiment, serves as the inspiration for the entire series. With its playful minimalism, it captures a remarkable depth and luminosity. I was drawn to this composition because of the intersecting hills and dynamic diagonals that guide the eye through the composition. This work blends my favorite elements: interesting brush marks, fluid and organic shapes, and a sense of glowing light. There’s a refreshing lightness to it that I aimed to recreate in the rest of the series.
Inspired by hikes in the French Pyrenees.
This romantic painting captures the magic of shared moments. With the right person, time ceases to exist—those moments, whether traveling, talking, or simply sitting on a bench together, become islands of peace in a world of noise and distraction.
The figures in this piece bring a sense of narrative, offering a glimpse into the beauty of human connection. The delicate shifts in shade help create a sense of depth and atmosphere.
acrylic ink on mixed-media archival paper
Boats have long fascinated artists like Monet and Schiele, and I share their interest in the way these vessels reveal intriguing shapes and patterns. Boats and reflections frequently appear in my work, as I’m drawn to this place where reality is being transformed into something more abstract.
Being around water has always been mesmerizing and tranquil for me. There's something about observing its ever-changing patterns—how light dances on the surface, the way reflections shift and dissolve.
acrylic ink on mixed-media archival paper
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris stands bathed in a warm, golden sunlight, its monumental form rendered in rich yellows and browns. This painting is all about scale and detail—how the vastness of the arch contrasts with the two tiny figures standing under it, emphasizing the grandeur of human creation. In the same way that a towering mountain can make you feel small yet awestruck, grand architecture evokes a sense of humbling wonder in me.
acrylic ink on mixed-media archival paper
Even though I don’t consider myself religious, I’ve always been captivated by cathedrals and temples—places of rituals and community that seem to hold a certain aura. They feel like portals, transporting us beyond the materialism of the everyday world. The glowing warmth in this piece mirrors the energy of a place like this, where the physical structure meets the spiritual.
This painting, based on the Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, captures the glowing vibrancy of its domes and arches.
acrylic ink on mixed-media archival paper
This painting captures a quiet afternoon overlooking Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the Basque region of France. In small villages like this, the sense of harmony with nature is possible to consider, allowing the complexities of the human condition to feel more manageable, offering an alternative to the disconnected “city” life.
As the starting point of the Camino de Santiago, it feels like a place of spiritual exploration. While being there, I met people from all walks of life embarking on their own purification paths to Spain on foot. Their stories, combined with the village's beauty, created a sense of connection that inspired my work.
acrylic ink on mixed-media archival paper
In "Alpine," I adapt the glowing qualities of yellow ink to a more traditional landscape composition, capturing the vibrant layers of vegetation high in Vitosha Mountain. This all-yellow piece embodies how nature serves as a remedy for city-induced pains, evoking a sense of wonder and tranquility. The luminous hues invite the viewer to escape into the soothing beauty of the landscape, reminding us of nature's healing power.
acrylic ink on mixed-media archival paper
