My work inhabits the rich and ambiguous space between figuration and abstraction.
I use a range of materials—primarily acrylic, oil, charcoal, and pastel on canvas—in both large and small formats. Process-driven and intuitively guided, my practice balances openness to emergence with intentional choice.
Though I explore diverse themes, the heart of my work lies in a reverent engagement with the mystery of existence. This attentiveness to the ungraspable nature of being and experience is the thread running through my practice—not as an abstract idea, but as a felt, lived reality.
Rather than define mystery, my work seeks to dwell within it—echoing its rhythms and textures, evoking rather than explaining. The materials I use offer distinct possibilities for presence, gesture, and resonance. In a contemporary art world often drawn to branding and aesthetic consistency, my practice resists a fixed style. It finds its coherence not through repetition, but through sustained engagement with the essence of the inquiry and fidelity to the process itself.
In a time when we must rethink what it means to be truly human, I see this practice as a response: an invitation to slow down, feel deeply, and engage with the unfathomable. Each piece becomes a space of shared experience, where the ungraspable may be rediscovered as something essential to our humanity.
In my late teens I became interested in Buddhism and at 25 was ordained into a Buddhist order, where I received my name 'Moksananda' (meaning ‘The joy of freedom’).
I later founded a Buddhist centre in Valencia and for more than 30 years worked and traveled extensively in the Hispanic world, helping create community, giving talks and leading retreats, teaching and supporting others on the path, while deepening my own practice and understanding.
From a very early age my inner life has been vivid. As a child I felt an intense curiosity in the mystery of being alive, and I also discovered the great classical composers. I knew then that I wanted to live a life of creativity.
Following a strong inner call to change my life, in 2017 I turned to exploring the arts in more depth, and am now a full-time artist.
I have studied with American artist Ty Nathan Clark. Denis Taylor, painter and art writer, described me in Painters Tubes Magazine, as ‘an artist of enormous flexibility [...] an original painter who mixes intelligence, talent and skill with story telling.’
I am also a father, published author and enjoy making video work. My paintings are shown regularly in exhibitions, both individual and collective, and are in private collections in Spain, the UK, Europe, the States, Canada, Mexico and Australia.
