//Being an artist is a way of finding out who I really am. It's not only putting pencil to paper or brush to canvas. It's a way of expressing myself and how I perceive the world. My painting allows me to look deep inside myself, and my own inner being.  Art is not only something I do, it is something that is present with me every moment. Everything I feel, think or see, pushes me to express it in a creative way. My paintings show humans from all over the world in their beauty and richness, giving a voice to the people who don't have one in this life, a chance to be seen and heard.  Trough their confronting eyes, I want to create a dialogue between watcher and the watched, a contact between human/onlooker and painting. I believe in change on an individual level, in order to change the whole world. With my work I want to lift human spirit and leave colours in the hearts.//