About me

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I am a painter who has lived in Denmark for over 25 years—a place I now proudly call my home. Born in the UK to a Finnish mother and a Kashmiri father, my identity is shaped by being mixed—between cultures, traditions, and perspectives.

After living in many countries, (most recently 7 yrs in Vietnam), painting has become my solace and voice - through bold colours and spiritually inclined themes, I create harmony out of difference.

While largely self-taught, I’ve taken courses and workshops to refine my skills. For me, painting is a way of celebrating diversity and exploring identity—a continuous process of blending and balancing worlds through colour.

At the heart of my work, I journey through shapes and colour, painting the richness of a mixed DNA—a homage to the past, present, and future. I use elements from my Nordic life, where nature has played a major role, alongside vibrant colours central to the cultures of South and Southeast Asia. The muted hues represent quiet, yet solid intentions, whilst vibrant tones reflect an inner world where much is unraveling.

I paint within 3 different themes;  my focus is on the Circles of belonging Series, thereafter The Natural World Series, and a long research project, the Spiralien Beings Series. In my creative process I build layers on paper, or canvas, with shapes or details that slowly bring the works to life. I mainly use acrylics and oils, but also a diverse range of other mediums, depending on how I feel. For me, like for many artists, time and place fade away in the act of creation, and I enjoy losing myself in the passage of time.

Born out of my logo, which merges The ‘Hunab Ku’ (read in blog) and a butterfly - ‘Spiraliens’ began. The spiral represents a bridge between different identities, and the wings serve as a symbol of transformation; free from polarities and societal conformities. In the ‘Spiralien beings’ series the ‘alien’-like figures have spiraling ears that serve as energy antennas, moving between tangible and intangible, the seen and the unseen, and they are my Human interpretation of the 'Hunab Ku', representing many different kinds of people and cultures.