A big smile outside the box Last week I went to the dentist and dental hygienist for the first time in five years. The decision to stop going five years ago was the result of a combination of different events. First of all, I believe my former dental hygienist would have been better suited to work in a slaughterhouse. She managed to be so rough that after a visit with her, I walked around with inflamed gums for three weeks. At one point during a treatment it became so extreme

Size: 150 x 170 cm The Beginning: The First Family Portrait At the end of 2024, I created my first family portrait. My client gave me complete freedom, and the moment I received the portrait of their family, I felt that I wanted to do something completely different than what I was used to. I normally choose to paint almost no backgrounds, keeping colors minimal, and focused entirely on the subjects. This time, however, the word “zebra” came to me and I felt that I wanted to m

The invisible world has never really been invisible to me. Even as a child, I could feel it sometimes intensely, sometimes softly but always present. I dreamed vividly. I could sense the atmosphere in a room with sharp precision, often catching just one line from a conversation that revealed more than the words being said. I could feel people’s emotions deeply. But for a long time, I didn’t know what to do with all of it. It made me wobbly. Unsteady. Insecure. At the same tim