Blinded by the Sun, The Sun, sketched in May 2024 and painted in January 2025 This painting reflects an encounter with light so pure and overwhelming that it blinds—an abstracted landscape beneath a soft blazing sun, seen as though through the rays themselves. The muted tones of soft yellows, oranges, and ochres create a wild, expressive interplay, recalling Edvard Munch’s explosive depictions of the Sun or the symbolic imagery of medieval alchemical etchings. It is not a passive sun; it is spiritual, transformative, and alive. Its rays emanate from a cross-like center, blinding the viewer and, in turn, the painter, dissolving clarity into a luminous abstraction. Beneath this cosmic force lies a lyrical, textured world—a suggestion of cliffs, waterfalls, snow, and mossy plains. The light from above breathes life into this emerging landscape, where forms are still finding themselves. This interplay of color and form captures the poetic tension of creation: the Sun’s radiance blurs our senses, detaching us from the tangible and leading us into the sublime. The inspiration for this piece traces back to the West Valley of Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, where I lost myself to the land’s spirit of curiosity and play. During my last days there, I let go entirely—of judgment, of thought, of control—and allowed myself to be guided by the raw aliveness of the valley. That childlike surrender became a gateway to profound freedom, a freedom that feels most accessible in connection with the land. It is not merely the ability to act or respond, but the gift of losing oneself to the present, in total harmony with the self and the world. The sketch that formed the basis for this painting was born of that blinding Icelandic sun, that moment of pure surrender. From Iceland, it traveled with me across continents—Canada, NYC, Luxembourg—and now, in Berlin during my 2025 residency at Nightworks, it has taken its final form. This painting is both a tribute and a transformation, a meditation on the unseen forces that shape us and the freedom found in letting them guide the hand. It is a prayer to the Sun, a hymn to light, life, and the boundless beauty of being.

Blinded by the Sun, The Sun, sketched in May 2024 and painted in January 2025 This painting reflects an encounter with light so pure and overwhelming that it blinds—an abstracted landscape beneath a soft blazing sun, seen as though through the rays themselves. The muted tones of soft yellows, oranges, and ochres create a wild, expressive interplay, recalling Edvard Munch’s explosive depictions of the Sun or the symbolic imagery of medieval alchemical etchings. It is not a passive sun; it is spiritual, transformative, and alive. Its rays emanate from a cross-like center, blinding the viewer and, in turn, the painter, dissolving clarity into a luminous abstraction. Beneath this cosmic force lies a lyrical, textured world—a suggestion of cliffs, waterfalls, snow, and mossy plains. The light from above breathes life into this emerging landscape, where forms are still finding themselves. This interplay of color and form captures the poetic tension of creation: the Sun’s radiance blurs our senses, detaching us from the tangible and leading us into the sublime. The inspiration for this piece traces back to the West Valley of Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, where I lost myself to the land’s spirit of curiosity and play. During my last days there, I let go entirely—of judgment, of thought, of control—and allowed myself to be guided by the raw aliveness of the valley. That childlike surrender became a gateway to profound freedom, a freedom that feels most accessible in connection with the land. It is not merely the ability to act or respond, but the gift of losing oneself to the present, in total harmony with the self and the world. The sketch that formed the basis for this painting was born of that blinding Icelandic sun, that moment of pure surrender. From Iceland, it traveled with me across continents—Canada, NYC, Luxembourg—and now, in Berlin during my 2025 residency at Nightworks, it has taken its final form. This painting is both a tribute and a transformation, a meditation on the unseen forces that shape us and the freedom found in letting them guide the hand. It is a prayer to the Sun, a hymn to light, life, and the boundless beauty of being.