Artist Statement

   Printmaking has always been a special medium to me. The inspiration comes from surroundings. For printmaking, one must have good eyesight, good hands, and a lot of attitude.
   I also enjoy drawing which is of central importance to me and strongly influenced my very first medium – lithography.
   I move easily between painting, drawing and printmaking, each media opening a new way of describing the world. Empty spaces and the spirit of things fascinate me.
   Always analyzing what I see or do, I wonder if the process of creating art is not a self-discovering process. Everything that influences me, every defining moment of my life becomes part of that unique process.
   My relief printmaking is one of the diverse ways I express myself. With a zinc plate on my workbench, I become an explorer. The sort of exploration gives freedom of mind and heightens the soul... What an amazing feeling: lost in the material world!
   My new paintings do not have much in common with my older prints since most of my recent artwork is inspired by the newly discovered Canadian landscape.
   However, printmaking, which has given me such interesting experiences in the past, continues to challenge me, because the longer I explore it, it requires an entirely different way of thinking.
   The qualities and the possibilities inherent to various printmaking processes, and the ability of making multiplies of an image have always fascinated me. Early in my career, I have been exposed to relief printing, particularly linocut and my first teacher was Dafinel Duinea. Now I work in many materials and formats, I create unique impressions using techniques, such as monotyp, and variable editions as well.
   As an artist, printmaking is my focus area and my art, being, by its very nature, autobiographical.