I was born in Kortrijk, Belgium, where my father introduced me to painting before his death when I was ten. What disappeared afterwards — his work, his presence, even his name — left behind questions about identity that would follow me for decades.

I left Belgium young. Brazil, Australia, then eleven years in Botswana — first as a commercial pilot, later running a safari company in the Okavango Delta. It was there that I returned to painting.

My work moves between painting and photography, each shaping the other through an intuitive process. I work instinctively, guided by fleeting moments, passing landscapes, and sudden shifts in feeling. Mixed media paintings built from acrylic, pastel, ink, chalk, charcoal and oil often reappear as fragments within my photographs.

I stop when a work feels finished, not when it feels perfect. Sometimes, when something becomes too perfect, I destroy it.

My work has been exhibited in Botswana, Brazil, Italy and Belgium, and published internationally, including selections by LensCulture Editors' Picks and Saatchi Art's This Week 100 Artists collection. I am based near Brussels.