Once upon a writer

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been creative, but writing was more my thing back then. Long before the existence of blogging platforms such as Multiply and MySpace, I used to have a lot of notebooks where I wrote my own short stories or series as well as a collection of poems. Those notebooks were then passed around the classroom and to the next-door classrooms to be read by friends —some would leave their comments on the comment pages I left blank in each book. My writing journey continued to some publications and writer/contributor/journalist occupations later on. My love of writing was bolstered by my fascination with anything paper and stationery. Yep! You bet, I keep a personal diary, collect journals and stationery, and have penpals.

Accidental illustrator

My occupation as a writer somehow made me an accidental illustrator. It happened twice to be exact. I was part of a children's book project and later a curriculum project for young people when they couldn’t find illustrators and somehow they made me pick up a pencil and start drawing. There you have it!

Drawing has become one of my things since then, and I started to learn how to paint. When I moved to the UK at the end of 2013, I was involved in facilitating art workshops as part of my work. However, music workshops was more my responsibility then and art was not my main gig. Only recently I decided to reconsider art. This year, I am excited to venture more in art, to retell things I found worth proclaiming, and to grow my skill that I may create beauty that glorifies my Lord.

I work mainly with oil and watercolour, and I am committed to omit solvents and toxic mediums from my studio and works.