my story
I didn’t always paint like this.
I was gently guided to abstract painting during a time when I was made to feel disconnected from the world. As though I no longer belonged where I once had. When your voice feels unheard, and your presence feels invisible, something inside you begins to unravel. It begins to retreat. I found painting then, not as an ambition, but as a refuge.
In the silence and stillness that followed, creating became a way to reconnect with myself. I painted intuitively, guided by feeling rather than thought, allowing colour, texture, and movement to express what words could not. What began as a way to cope slowly revealed itself as a gift. A gentle reminder of who I was beneath the noise and confusion.
Over time, this practice deepened into something almost meditative. Each painting became a quiet conversation between inner experience and outward expression. The canvas held moments of vulnerability, insight, and transformation. Traces of emotion layered into form.
The work you'll see here comes from that place.
My paintings are not created to dominate a space, but to live with you. They are invitations to pause, to feel, and to reconnect with something subtle yet essential within yourself. Existing somewhere between mystical illusion and raw human emotion, each piece carries a sense of stillness, presence, and quiet energy.
Art has a way of meeting you where you are. Often, before you realise you’re looking.
Thank you for being here. I invite you to browse my collection of paintings and trust what draws you in.
With love
Sonia x
Click "a reason to create" for more insight into Sonias' work and inspiration.