My artwork has been moving back and forth between painting and sculpture, using new materials and processes, shifting from two dimensional space to three dimensional and understanding matters which concern the context of the work in relation to the viewer’s interpretation and interaction. In addition, much of my research revolves around the work’s compositional elements such as material, color, shape and texture. The subject matter of each body of work varies yet they all share similar concerns such as the use of materials and the language they convey.

My work has always been a result of my surroundings. My studies in U.S and U.K have enriched me with visual and intellectual inputs that became inspirational for the shaping of my work. Now, living in Cyprus I have once more looked around me for inspiration. I have always loved taking walks on the beach and gazing at the landscape but it was only until recently I have started looking at the same view with a “microscopic eye”. This rediscovery of nature has led me on exploring fractals by closely examining the beauty and the uniqueness of small things, such as the patterns on the rocks shaped by the sea, the individuality of each pebble, the colors and textures, the branching patters of trees the veins in a hand and so on. 

I begin a piece by collecting visual material such as satellite images of earth view, pebbles and leafs. I use parts of these images mimicking their colors, textures and patterns to construct an abstract image usually a background build on canvas layer upon a layer.  This image becomes less abstract and more specific associations begin to form when a recognizable image is added. Since this image is identifiable usually the viewer notices it first but as he/she approaches the work the background’s texture, patterns and colors become as emphasized.
In short I would describe my recent work as a synthesis of abstract and representational images, a marriage of nature, science and art. My paintings are not only about representing nature but also about an artistic process which works like nature. I use traditional and nontraditional materials (ex. alcohol & acrylics) which when mix together create a chemical reaction causing certain patterns and textures to form. Every mark is controlled and materials respond to my touch and direction but there is a point where I remove the hand of the artist to a certain degree and take my chances. Results can be unpredictable but never random.
 

“As mathematicians and scientists know, randomness is exceedingly difficult to achieve; subtle patterns tend to emerge in even the most chaotic dispersal elements…any attempted to arrange the units of a piece so that they appear randomly dispersed is subjective and often self-defeating. Deciding what constitutes randomness ultimately requires aesthetic choices which the idea of random dispersal was meant to circumvent.’’ Barrette,B.