Le Sommiel

This work was created based on the Lullaby
W. H. Auden - 1907-1973
Lay your sleeping head, my love,
Human on my faithless arm;
Time and fevers burn away
Individual beauty from
Thoughtful children, and the grave
Proves the child ephemeral:
But in my arms till break of day
Let the living creature lie,
Mortal, guilty, but to me
The entirely beautiful.

Soul and body have no bounds:
To lovers as they lie upon
Her tolerant enchanted slope
In their ordinary swoon,
Grave the vision Venus sends
Of supernatural sympathy,
Universal love and hope;
While an abstract insight wakes
Among the glaciers and the rocks
The hermit's carnal ecstasy.

Certainty, fidelity
On the stroke of midnight pass
Like vibrations of a bell,
And fashionable madmen raise
Their pedantic boring cry:
Every farthing of the cost,
All the dreaded cards foretell,
Shall be paid, but from this night
Not a whisper, not a thought,
Not a kiss nor look be lost.

Beauty, midnight, vision dies:
Let the winds of dawn that blow
Softly round your dreaming head
Such a day of welcome show
Eye and knocking heart may bless,
Find the mortal world enough;
Noons of dryness find you fed
By the involuntary powers,
Nights of insult let you pass
Watched by every human love.

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From my earliest memories, I have been a maker of worlds with pencil and brush. I can still see my father, proud, placing my drawings on display—moments that planted the seed of a lifelong devotion to art.

Painting is my passage to another realm: a space alive with color, pattern, and thought in its purest form. Often, the work itself whispers the next stroke, guiding me as initial intentions transform into unexpected visions.

I am inspired by the luminous elegance of Klimt, the flowing lines of Mucha, the intricate beauty of Morris, the bold grace of De Lempicka, the ethereal light of Monet, and the daring, vibrant energy of Picasso and Matisse. Their echoes are woven into my own visual language, a celebration of inner beauty, the sacredness of nature, and the invisible threads of energy that connect all things.

Professionally trained with a degree in Creative and Visual Arts (2016), I have been fortunate to share my work in exhibitions, where it has found homes and hearts to dwell in. Each piece is both a reflection and an invitation—to pause, to feel, and to see the world as a tapestry of connection and wonder.