Marion

Autism shaped my interest in creating portraits from as early as I can remember. Looking closely at people is something I've been doing for most of my life, and painting portraits feels like a natural extension of that. Before my diagnosis, I was told I had a staring problem. I wasn’t judging. I was trying to understand how to exist among others. What started as a way of understanding people eventually became one of the most meaningful parts of my life. They are reminders that connection doesn’t require familiarity, and that before we are known, everyone was a stranger once.