Behind My Brushstrokes
Each of my paintings represents a healing journey — a moment, an emotion, or an experience that needs to be seen and understood. When I walk in nature, I feel it speaks to me in a language beyond words, guiding me toward what needs to surface from within. Sometimes I recognize it immediately — a feeling, a memory, a truth ready to be expressed. Other times, I only understand it once the painting is complete, when the image has already told me what I needed to see.
My technique is rooted in the idea of connection and openness. I work with what is sometimes called Open Impressionism* — leaving small spaces between each brushstroke so that the background color becomes an essential part of the whole composition.
Sometimes, the color appears to me instantly, clear and undeniable. Other times, I sit quietly before a blank canvas, allowing the right tone to reveal itself — as if the painting itself is whispering what it needs to become.
For me, painting is both a dialogue, a danza and a meditation — a way of letting the inner world and the outer world meet, one brushstroke at a time.
with love,
The background isn’t just a setting; it’s the emotional foundation of the piece.
I am deeply intentional about choosing the background colors. Each hue represents an emotion, a vibration — the energy I wish to evoke rather than the one I’m feeling in the moment.
*Open Impressionism was created by Erin Hanson.