For many years, these figures existed only in spontaneous sketches, drawn on restaurant napkins, scraps of paper or any available surface. They would appear almost by accident and disappear just as easily. This series stems from a desire to give them permanence. Rather than simply transferring drawings onto canvas, I am interested in revealing characters who, in a sense, have always existed before taking on a visible form.

The imagery of horror, fantasy, cinema and comics runs naturally through this work. I am interested in the figure of the monster not as a threat, but as a character in search of identity, affection or a sense of belonging. It is in this tension between the grotesque and the vulnerable that these paintings find their place.

The visual language maintains an explicit relationship with drawing. The outline remains visible, preserving the spontaneity of the line and the memory of the original sketch, even when it is transferred to the painting. The works refuse to hide this origin and affirm it as part of their identity.

Throughout the series, there are echoes of cinema, fantasy, comics, popular culture and art history. These references are not intended as direct quotations, but form part of the visual universe in which I grew up and which inevitably permeates my work.

Ultimately, this collection represents an encounter between drawing and painting, between the ephemeral and the permanent, between humour and discomfort, between the monstrous and the profoundly human.