Sculpture
Sirin in 2025 after Jesus who is screaming
This sculpture questions why, two millennia post-Crucifixion, we still mistake ego for Self amid AI-driven dehumanisation and violence. Sirin is a legendary mythological creature from Russian folklore, depicted as a bird with the head and chest of a beautiful woman (cf. Greek siren). She symbolises heavenly harmony and is sometimes used as a metaphor for divine wisdom.
Right figure (Sirin/Avalokiteshvara): a Wayang head on violin torso with angel wings. Her four arms—prayer and acceptance, blessing, bloodied bow—embody soul, creativity and compassion. A fragile transcendence rooted in suffering, her warning messages not being heard nor understood. A self-portrait of sorts.
Left figure (AI/war machine): Bloodshot wayang head on clockwork torso. Unseeing mechanism computes without heart, dominating through calculation.
Shared base highlights tragic dialogue: poetic soul vs. militarized artificial intelligence.
Others sculptures are exposed on site at Tall Timbers Haven private gallery for guests to contemplate.
Painting
Tightrope walker (Funambule)
Painted in 2008, this watercolour is a symbolic representation of a human walking on a tightrope above what she perceives to be an abyss, scared to fall, while in fact, the Universe is constantly watching over her and holding her hands (forming a heart shape) ready to catch her in case she falls. Mindfully walking the tightrope of the right thought, speech and action is what we are summoned to do when Consciousness wakes up.
I remember, when I first got the picture in my mind’s eye, thinking: “Universe, you are mistaken, I don’t know how to paint, this must be for someone else!” But I could not get the image out of my consciousness and faced with such insistence, I went and purchased a watercolour set, a brush, a good quality paper and a masking fluid (after doing some research about how to paint the stars), and I went for it. I literally copied my own hands, the rest came easily. This was the first step to unlocking the creativity that previously felt like a painfully stuck potential, and later went outpouring and never stopped.
Upholstery
Antique/Vintage chair + Ethnic fabric = Winning formula
Australian territory was lucky enough to be spared in XX century wars and therefore preserved many stunning antique and vintage furniture pieces you can find on Gumtree, FB Marketplace, or literally on nature strip!
I restore them and combine them with ethnic fabric for stunning colourful designs: kilim, suzani, Timor East handwoven Tais, Hmong textiles, Turkish antique rugs and more.
Got a piece of textile (even a damaged one) you are in love with but don’t know how to put on display? A mid-century chair in need of a colourful uplift? Or like what you see but don’t know where to start? I sparingly take commissions (a few a year) to create unique designs similar to the above.