I’ve returned from three weeks at the Orto artist residency in Portugal. The days were steady and productive. I worked in a stone studio, sometimes with a goose keeping me company, and built a new body of work that pushed my ideas forward.
The residency wasn’t just about studio time. I shared it with two strong artists — Sonja Trabandt, a photographer from Germany, and Franziska Noessing, a painter from Austria. Their energy and perspective gave the days more depth.