“I imagine myself living inside the artwork, guiding me to decide on the smaller details of the piece.”

As an artist, I am often inspired by cloudgazing, imagining tales of everyday objects, and jotting down my lucid dreams. I use colour to convey how I feel about a certain mental picture. I frequently explore feelings of nostalgia, mystery or secretiveness, and serenity, which is why I tend to use desaturated, muted colours set against pronounced brushstrokes and contrast colour, instead of working in one flat register.

I use my inspiration to create stories and identities for characters, and then I capture them in an artwork. After that, I imagine myself living inside the artwork, guiding me to decide on the smaller details of the piece.

I enjoy working most with mixed media, especially thick and textured mediums such as oil pastels and paint. My favourite combination so far is watercolour or acrylic as a base, layered with oil pastels.

Expressing myself through making artwork allows me to map out my subconscious feelings that I may not be aware of. More importantly, I create an artwork to preserve my feelings that I can return to—for example, nostalgia—every time I look at it again; these feelings are something that I highly value.