A world,
line by line.

I have continued drawing because I am drawn to the joy of immersion. From the first moment in 2012 when I captured the view in front of Ponte Vecchio in Florence with a single felt-tip pen, the process itself has sustained more than a decade of drawing with a pen alone. Drawing became a time of complete immersion and self-forgetting, a firm inner strength that soothed my weary body and mind and helped me live more actively.

The answer to “Why do I draw?” leads directly to the message of my work. Capturing beauty encountered in daily life and travel with a pen, and the works born from that process, have given me comfort and strength. This grew into a wish to share experiences of immersion and healing with others through my work. It has remained both my reason for drawing and the message I wish to convey.

I have sought to transform spaces and views that we might encounter and then simply pass by into something special through countless lines. I hope that time spent looking at these works becomes an opportunity to reinterpret familiar places in life with a more attentive and appreciative gaze.