Childhood Memories - From Transilvania with Love

Childhood Memories, From Transylvania with Love

Long before I ever picked up a brush, I was collecting colors. The gold of late summer wheat fields in Transylvania. The deep green of forests that seemed to hold every secret I hadn't yet lived. The particular blue of a sky that felt endless when I was a child and the whole world was still ahead of me.

This collection is my way of going home.

Each canvas began not as a plan, but as a memory surfacing — a fragment of a village, a feeling from a kitchen table, the hush of snow falling somewhere far away. I paint intuitively, letting color and gesture lead the way, the same way memory itself moves: not in straight lines, but in bursts of light and feeling.

Transylvania gave me my roots. Brussels gave me the courage to bloom. Between the two, I found my own language — one made of pigment, movement, and honesty.

If you've ever set aside a dream to become who you were "supposed" to be, I hope these paintings remind you that it's never too late to return to yourself. Consider this collection a permission slip: to remember, to feel, to bloom fearlessly — exactly as you are.

You'll notice each painting carries its own title — not as a description, but as an affirmation. A small phrase to carry with you, to whisper to yourself on the hard days, to return to when you need reminding. Read them slowly. Let them speak to you the way they spoke to me.

"Make Space", 30X30 cm, acrylic on plywood