Work in Progress — Creating a Temporary Studio

The process of building an artistic practice rarely begins in a perfect studio. More often it starts in a borrowed corner, a spare room, or a space that slowly becomes something else through intention and work.

At the moment, I am in the middle of transforming a simple garage into a temporary studio space. The long-term vision has always been much bigger and much closer to nature — a studio somewhere by the sea 🌊, where the sound of water, shifting light, and the textures of the landscape become part of the creative process.

My journey with studio spaces has actually moved through many corners of the house. The very first place where my work began was a small loft bedroom, where I started creating and experimenting. Later, the practice moved into the breakfast room conservatory, where the light was beautiful but the space was still shared with everyday life. After that, it shifted again into another bedroom, which became a slightly better corner for working. Each place gave me a little more room, a little more freedom — but I’m still not quite there yet.

For now, this garage is becoming the next step.

Starting with the space

When I first looked at the room, it was completely raw — concrete floor, grey brick walls, a single light source, and shelves holding tools and materials. It wasn’t designed for art, but it had something important: space and possibility.

Rather than trying to hide the structure of the room, I decided to work with it.

The walls became the first canvas.

Painting the atmosphere

Instead of a traditional studio white, I began painting the walls in soft horizon colours. The lower half carries muted, watery tones that suggest the calm surface of the sea, while the upper part remains lighter — creating the feeling of a horizon line where water meets sky.

This is not meant to be a literal seascape. It is more of a gesture toward the place I eventually want to create from.

In the centre of the wall, a small yellow circle appears like a sun — simple, almost symbolic. It acts as a reminder of warmth, light, and the presence of nature even inside a very industrial space.

Sometimes, when the dream place doesn’t exist yet, you paint it temporarily on the walls.

A studio in transition

The space is still very much a work in progress. There are easels leaning against the wall, boxes of materials, shelves of paints, and empty floor waiting for canvases.

But already the room feels different.

It has begun to shift from storage space into something more alive — a place where ideas can unfold.

For me, the studio is not only a physical location. It is also a state of readiness to create.

And sometimes that readiness begins in the most unexpected places.

Temporary spaces still hold real work

Although this studio is temporary, the work created here will not be.

Many important beginnings happen in spaces that are provisional. They allow experimentation, mistakes, and new directions before the larger vision takes shape.

This garage studio is one of those beginnings.

The ultimate goal remains the same:

a studio by the sea, surrounded by nature, where the work can continue to evolve in dialogue with the landscape.

Until then, the process continues here —

one wall, one canvas, one idea at a time. ✨

/ai image of studio of my dreams/