Growing up in rural Austria—in a remote village surrounded by forests and working the soil—I was exposed to raw nature and the elements throughout my childhood and youth. This sensory immersion and the blurred lines between human experience and the earth have been a refuge and remain a source of inspiration at the pulse of my practice.

My work explores the nuances of human experience through the narrative power of the figure. Building on classical foundations and studies from life, outer form blends with the shifting states of inner landscapes into an aesthetic where forms are lost and found within fluid fields of pigment. Figures are often captured with closed eyes in a state of introspection; because the true depth of experience defies literal depiction, these closed lids suggest an internal integration, weaving the sensory world into the fabric of the image.

I utilize layered sequences of motion to demonstrate the weight that the passing of time adds to the present moment, honoring its transience through blur and abstraction. Existing within the tension between opposites—such as the complementary palette of coral and teal and the clash of nature’s force with the fragility of human ego—my creative practice is a dance between control and surrender that explores the beauty of being subject to change.

Perceiving reality as an ever-evolving metamorphosis, I often integrate botanical details and the element of water as metaphors for nature’s reclamation of man-made structures. They symbolize the breakdown of the mind’s architecture as a necessary stage for recreation and evolution. Embracing the uncomfortable and uncertain as a symptom of life, my work evolves from a search for poetry within the full spectrum of human experience, holding space for both the tragedy and the celebration of existence.