“Palma Aurea” is the first true design language that came completely from myself as an artist, without being driven by a client request or a predefined direction.
Throughout my career I always created custom paintwork in my own style, but usually within a framework defined by the client, the brand or the object itself. Palma Aurea became the first moment where I had complete creative freedom and could fully express my own artistic DNA.
The piano became the masterpiece that allowed this process to happen. For the first time, I combined all the techniques, material knowledge and visual elements I had developed over decades into one coherent and recognizable artistic language.
I have always painted since I was a child. At the age of 15 I started working with airbrush techniques and became deeply fascinated by surfaces, color transitions and visual depth.
Later I completed a two year degree in design and graphic arts, and after that I trained professionally as an automotive paint specialist. That combination became extremely important for my work, because it allowed me to fully understand how different materials, surfaces and coating systems behave and interact with each other.
This is also what makes my work very unique today.
I combine the mindset of an artist with the technical understanding of a surface specialist.
Many artists create visually strong artwork, but they usually do not understand complex paint systems, multilayer lacquer structures, adhesion, material reactions or high end finishing processes. At the same time, many painters and technicians master the craft, but they do not approach surfaces with an artistic vision.
My advantage is the combination of both worlds.
I can build surfaces layer by layer entirely by myself, combining artistic composition with technical precision, using transparent layers, metallic structures, gold leaf, reflections, clear coats and depth effects to create a living surface language.
Over time this evolved into Palma Aurea, a recognizable artistic identity that can now be translated onto completely different objects while still remaining unmistakably mine.
I always explain it this way:
Some people paint on canvas.
I use objects and surfaces as my canvas.
