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All about me...

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Artist Statement

"Painting for me is an unabridged experience of surrendering to the beauty of the universe that translates the manifestation of the Divine Presence."

Short Bio

I'm a self-taught artist who learned from books and Youtube videos.  I use a limited palette of 5 or 6 colors. For paint, I like Sennelier or M Graham.  For paper I mostly use Arches; other papers that I use eventually are Lanaquarelle and Saunders.  I'm not particularly picky about brushes; however, I own a variety of synthetic rounds and flats.   I like to find new ways to deposit paint on the paper and create new textures, using other tools than a brush.

 

I hold B.Sc. in Physics,  M.Sc. in Astrophysics, and  Ph.D. in Physics. I also have a B.A. in Literature. I currently speak several languages and I believe I can only truly understand another culture when I'm able to communicate using their own language.  I lived in France, Italy, Brazil, and Japan, in order to advance my career in physics. When I finally settled down in USA,  I had professor of physics position at Tuskegee University and, later on, at  San Jose State Univ.

During the process of illustrating my stories, I started painting watercolors in 2014.  Somehow painting took its own path and, before I noticed, I was showing my work in events, galleries, and competitions.  In 2016, I started to paint professionally, when I was invited to join a gallery.  Everything happened super fast, and I found myself invited to a festival in France in 2019 to where I showed 20 paintings and taught a workshop. I have received an invitation to teach a workshop in Morocco!  My work has been shown in the media and my paintings can be found in collections around the world. 

As I continue to develop as a painter, I also grow as a physicist.  I see no separation or opposition since both research and painting require creativity and determination. I'm also an author (using my full last name) of scientific articles in international indexed peer-reviewed journals in physics, chemistry and engineering. I enjoy writing fiction,  high impact sports, traveling, and learning something new from flying to tap-dance, including carving.  Recently, I learned how to edit videos and sound effects. 

 

It is a long life, but time is a thief. 

I live with my husband, children, cats and plants.

I hope you will enjoy my art.  

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