Take on me / 120 x 100 cm
Acrylic on canvas
2025
Maybe that’s why I rarely explore the theme of love in my work. I’ve always been lucky in that regard. But when I looked at it from a broader perspective, I realized—wasn’t my immigration an act of love too?
Not just for a persoMaybe that’s why I rarely explore the theme of love in my work. I’ve always been lucky in that regard. But when I looked at it from a broader perspective, I realized—wasn’t my immigration an act of love too?
Not just for a person, but for the experience itself, for the chance to build a life I truly wanted. As Albert Camus said, “To live is to act”, and for me, that means making choices driven by love, curiosity, and passion.
Love, in that sense, has shaped so many of my decisions—where to study, where to work, where to live.
That’s how this painting came to life. I imagined my husband—my partner in crime—and me, moving across borders, carrying all our “riches” with us: our values, our memories, our past and future, stepping into a whole new world.
As Roland Barthes once wrote,‘“Love is something I create, something I live, something I affirm”. This painting isn’t about love as just a feeling—it’s about love as a force.
The kind that makes us brave, that pushes us forward, that lets us choose not out of fear, but out of a desire for something greater.
Acrylic on canvas
2025
Maybe that’s why I rarely explore the theme of love in my work. I’ve always been lucky in that regard. But when I looked at it from a broader perspective, I realized—wasn’t my immigration an act of love too?
Not just for a persoMaybe that’s why I rarely explore the theme of love in my work. I’ve always been lucky in that regard. But when I looked at it from a broader perspective, I realized—wasn’t my immigration an act of love too?
Not just for a person, but for the experience itself, for the chance to build a life I truly wanted. As Albert Camus said, “To live is to act”, and for me, that means making choices driven by love, curiosity, and passion.
Love, in that sense, has shaped so many of my decisions—where to study, where to work, where to live.
That’s how this painting came to life. I imagined my husband—my partner in crime—and me, moving across borders, carrying all our “riches” with us: our values, our memories, our past and future, stepping into a whole new world.
As Roland Barthes once wrote,‘“Love is something I create, something I live, something I affirm”. This painting isn’t about love as just a feeling—it’s about love as a force.
The kind that makes us brave, that pushes us forward, that lets us choose not out of fear, but out of a desire for something greater.
Acrylic on canvas
2025
Maybe that’s why I rarely explore the theme of love in my work. I’ve always been lucky in that regard. But when I looked at it from a broader perspective, I realized—wasn’t my immigration an act of love too?
Not just for a persoMaybe that’s why I rarely explore the theme of love in my work. I’ve always been lucky in that regard. But when I looked at it from a broader perspective, I realized—wasn’t my immigration an act of love too?
Not just for a person, but for the experience itself, for the chance to build a life I truly wanted. As Albert Camus said, “To live is to act”, and for me, that means making choices driven by love, curiosity, and passion.
Love, in that sense, has shaped so many of my decisions—where to study, where to work, where to live.
That’s how this painting came to life. I imagined my husband—my partner in crime—and me, moving across borders, carrying all our “riches” with us: our values, our memories, our past and future, stepping into a whole new world.
As Roland Barthes once wrote,‘“Love is something I create, something I live, something I affirm”. This painting isn’t about love as just a feeling—it’s about love as a force.
The kind that makes us brave, that pushes us forward, that lets us choose not out of fear, but out of a desire for something greater.