“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” George RR Martin The linearity of a life does not apply to those who read. The multitude of emotions of a lifetime is magnified when we embark on someone else’s journey. We are transposed from what we are currently living, whether it be happiness, sadness, a day filled with stressed or anguish, and we are taken on a tour of emotions and adventures that someone else is living. We can live the realities which suit us the most: we can anger in the mistreatment and injustice of Fanny Price, or we can fall in love with Mr Rochester and live in XIX century England for a couple of hours every day, or even, partake in solving a puzzling murder with our detective of choice. We can fly with

These paintings were created during the pandemic. I challenged myself to describe these unprecedented times through painting, colours, shapes, textures and without words. I wanted to narrate the stories we are witnessing using visual language, the medium I always use, to talk, to express myself, and to tell stories