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I talk about art, about the story of my work, and about life.

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Jul 6, 20221 min read

Old man under the sun

Between kings and myths there is an old man under the sun, resting in a corner where few pay attention, with eyes closed and head tilted...

May 26, 20221 min read

Andy

I look at Andy Warhol and I get sad, I see him and I see us all, behind the wig, the glasses and the clothes, I see a man hiding behind a...

Mar 31, 20221 min read

The bird

I have a bird that wants to sing but I can hardly ever hear him. There is a dog that wants to eat it. He bites, barks and scares away...

Mar 17, 20221 min read

While I'm sweeping

While I'm sweeping, I think about starting over, about the eternal return. More paint, more layers, more of what matters to me. Erase....

Mar 3, 20221 min read

Reminder

To do it sincerely without deceptions or ornaments, without tricks or falsehoods, showing only the truth. It feels like a huge void. The...

Feb 23, 20221 min read

In the studio

To wait Alone While the world keeps moving forward Still Alone Waiting Oftentimes it stops making sense The piece The waiting The work...

Jan 10, 20221 min read

When you can't reply

He asks me why I paint like this, why my paintings are so dark. Twisted Tortured Violent He moves his hands and puts an expression of...

Dec 21, 20211 min read

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it

Giacometti comforts me. Always. His paintings, his sculptures and his words, Even seeing his face in a photograph touches my heart....

Dec 13, 20211 min read

Nothing to say

Nothing to say. Sometimes it happens. Silence is needed. Instead, we talk. Triviality. We fill the void with emptiness. We fear we might...

Sep 30, 20211 min read

Sometimes I think I don’t like painting

I paint. Always the same yet forever different. The intricacies of a human being The layers The knots and weights The outside silence,...

Sep 7, 20211 min read

You watch too fast

Lust for life. The movie about Van Gogh. I haven’t watched it, but there’s a scene I have gone back to hundreds of times. Kirk Douglas,...

Aug 20, 20211 min read

Why it’s always hopeless to talk about painting

I recently read the conversations between Francis Bacon and Frank Maubert. Great book, short, but filled with honesty and remarkable...