The HOME Series has been a project of mine since 2021. My husband and I moved into a new flat during the pandemic and there was a big empty space above our sofa in need of some colour. I'd been dreaming about painting on a large canvas for ages and seized the opportunity.

 

I couldn't really picture the end result, I only knew that I wanted to represent the wilderness and beauty of the English coastline. My husband and I met in England, and when we still lived there, we'd take long walks along the white cliffs of Dover. That place is a part of my heart now. When I started painting, I poured my emotions onto the canvas. The longing for those happy times; the freedom of feeling the rough winds whipping around us; the fresh smell of the sea and the sky stretching away into infinity. 

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Don't get me wrong, I was happy with our new life in our new flat. But working on this painting, made me think a lot about the meaning of "home". How "home" doesn't necessarily have to be a place, how the feeling of being home can be connected to a person or persons, or how it can be a mixture of many different things. Each of us will have our own definition of feeling at home. 

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For me, "home" is my family. They make me feel safe and happy. "Home" is also the feeling of freedom and joy I feel when I'm painting or drawing; when I can release all of my energy by splashing colour across a canvas. 

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The HOME Series was born of these emotions and of the single, large canvas. For the past two years, I've explored this feeling further and experimented with different colours and canvas sizes. I've turned myself inside out and validated my bottom line: painting makes me happy. It's something I will do for the rest of my life. I need to create to be happy.

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I hope that while you look at my paintings, you can feel the happiness I experienced while creating them. Maybe they will remind you of your own definition of "home" and the things that are important to you in this world.