I am a landscape painter based on Cortes Island, British Columbia, the traditional territories of the toq qaymɩxʷ (Klahoose), ɬəʔamɛn qaymɩxʷ (Tla'amin), and ʔop qaymɩxʷ (Homalco) Nations. I was born in Portugal, spent my young adult years in the UK, and moved to Canada in 1997. 

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STATEMENT

My practice is an ongoing search for a visual language that conveys the profound, physical experience of being within a landscape. I am less interested in replicating a scene than in creating a new one on the canvas—a landscape of the painting itself, born from memory and emotion.
 

I explore abstraction to communicate the idea of a natural world that is fundamentally untamed, where deep geological and biological forces are in motion and shape the experience. 
 

I am fascinated by the textures and forms that emerge through a dynamic process: letting paint drip, pool, and mix, and using tools to scratch and scrape the surface. I celebrate accidents, working with them to build a complex history on the canvas that mirrors the chaotic or harmonious beauty of the land. 

There is a moment of magic that happens when the painting is no longer tethered to the original landscape, but takes on a life of its own, becoming a territory for the viewer to explore.