About

Since I was 20, I have worked with artists in the music industry, and I have always had the deepest admiration and respect for the way they navigate the many challenges that come with being a performing artist.

I have seen how they struggle with all the external challenges of having to both create and perform their art while, in many cases, also being their own manager, salesperson, booking agent, accountant, stylist—and the person responsible for organising everything surrounding their performance.

I have also witnessed the courage with which they face all their inner challenges. It made me curious and eventually led me to train as a psychotherapist.

Because what do you do when it is often a deep sense of inadequacy that actually fuels the art, the poetry, the wildness—while, at the same time, you may be afraid of standing on a stage, making demands of others and, essentially, selling yourself? So afraid that you sabotage yourself and get in your own way.

Most people go to a job interview a few times in their lives. As an artist, every day is a job interview. So how do you survive that?

I have felt deeply privileged in my work, and once again, my curiosity has guided me—this time into the creative sandbox. I needed a taste of my own medicine. To find out where creative blocks arise. What do you do with both the inner and the external "critical" voice? How do you deal with rejection?

So, for the past 25 years, I have painted for fun. And for the past 10 years, I have been writing—perhaps a little more seriously.

It has helped me gain a better understanding of the artistic process and the challenges it brings.

Now I have given myself a new task: to go through the process of sharing my paintings and scribblings with the world, even though the world never asked for them.