For each series, I establish a few “rules” before I start painting, focusing on a particular style and slightly limiting the materials I use. However, there are some components I always return to:

My approach to materials is “mixed media,” which means that I generally combine different media in every painting. I do this because I want to take advantage of the best qualities of each material: I start with a charcoal drawing and then build up layer by layer, from transparent to opaque.
In this process, I usually use collage techniques, acrylic ink, spray paints, markers, acrylic paints, and finally oil paints. Oil paints are now almost always included, as they bring an incredible vibrancy to the paintings that acrylics alone can only achieve to a limited extent. In some of my works, the proportion of oil paint is very high, while in others I use it only for the final layer to give the piece that special finishing touch. This varies somewhat from series to series.

Some paintings I deliberately start on a black ground and paint over it with lighter colors to create a very specific glow that the dark background gives to certain colors.

In terms of style, my foundation is abstract realism—meaning that parts of the painting are rendered realistically (usually the figures), while other areas (such as the background) are abstract. Because my painting style is very fast and expressive, this combination works best for me. I also occasionally draw inspiration from other styles and integrate small elements of them into my work, such as Art Deco, Surrealism, or tattoo design (Fineline).