In my work I invent abstract spaces out of Chinese ink and lots of water. Within this mess I depict creatures that I developed through automatic drawing techniques, who often appear lost or ill-equipped to deal with the chaos around them. I understand my work as syndetic, which means I add things without differentiating and analysing what's important or better or right. This ambiguous approach is an open offer to the viewer to interpret or just relate.

For me, the process of using black ink reflects for me life itself. Once applied, the ink can't be overpainted. What's done is done. I can try to embellish or hide something, but it will shine through. As in life, I have to live with it. The large amounts of water I use in the process add an aspect of coincidence and chaos.

Nevertheless, I treat my creatures, who don't fulfil normative expectations of beauty, gender and competence, with tenderness, curiosity and humour. They help me to explore the invisible and the well-hidden; the fear of bottomlessness; the feeling of being overwhelmed; the fright just before the fall; the resilience in front of multiple impositions; the goofiness in unfamiliar situations; and the shame that comes with all of that.

In my paintings, I create abstract spaces from Chinese ink and vast quantities of water. Into this chaos I automatically throw drawn beings that often seem unable to exist in it. I see my work as syndetic, which means that I add things without distinguishing or analysing what is important. Or better. Or right. This ambiguous approach is an offer to the viewer to make their own interpretation or even just to connect emotionally with the image.

For me, the use of Chinese ink reflects life itself. Once applied, it can no longer be painted over. It is what it is. I can try to hide something or make it look better, but it will show through. As in life, I have to live with it. The amount of water used in the working process adds randomness and chaos to the pictorial space.

And yet I treat my creatures, who do not meet any normative expectations in terms of beauty, gender or ability, with tenderness, curiosity and humour. They help me to explore the invisible and the hidden. The fear of bottomlessness, the feeling of being overwhelmed, the terror of falling, the tenacity in the face of countless impositions, the awkwardness in unknown situations. And the shame that surrounds it all.