Carmen comes from the cosmopolitan city of Johannesburg, which in many ways has moulded her into the person she is today.

She is currently a third year architecture student at the University of the Free State – but she finds that her art inspires her architecture and vice versa.  

She is very emotionally connected to her work, as there is a deeper meaningful message behind most of her work. It is a way in which she can express herself and also leave it open to interpretation. 

To her mind there is a play between spontaneous uncontrolled expression and refined control in her work – which is an expression of her personality and her soul. She finds the human form fascinating as it is something we can relate to on a very personal level.

Making art is her way of documenting her emotional journey and is an integral part of her daily life. 

She aspires to create art unique to her own style, evoking a deeper message and feeling in the spectator’s mind.