I draw to look more closely.

I started drawing the way most children do, and simply never stopped. At sixteen I filled a sketchbook a month with the people on my morning bus, and that habit of drawing whatever sits in front of me still shapes everything I make.

I trained in illustration in Porto and later completed an MA in Fine Art, Drawing, in Lisbon. For several years I worked as a scientific illustrator, drawing seeds and specimens for natural history publications. That work taught me patience, and a deep respect for what you only notice after the first hour of looking.

Today I draw full time from a small studio in Lisbon. Alongside my own series I take a few portrait and house commissions each year, and I teach a weekly life drawing class for adults who are convinced they cannot draw. Most of them can.