✘ NEW COLLECTION ADDED TO THE VAULT ✘
✘THE FLO METHOD✘
✘ NYC ART SHOW JUNE 2026 ✘
I originally studied Architecture (and even graduated with a Master!).
I was looking (or to be honest kinda forced by my family) for structure, for something that felt stable and "acceptable." Art as a career wasn't exactly encouraged in my culture or my family, so I kept it quiet and kept creating on the side, through travel, experimentation, digital work, illustration. Always circling back.
Eventually, in a half impulsive / half planned decision, I packed one suitcase and moved to Los Angeles.
That suitcase got stolen at the airport. I had to start from nothing. And somehow, that was the beginning of everything.
My formal Art training started with the Milan Art Institute. That plus self taught art techniques, helped me to unlearn my fear.
My art and the expression thought tt gave me permission to show myself exactly how I am, different, loud, messy and A LOT. It gave the ability to stop shrinking myself, hiding and finally show the real me.
In 2022, that shift showed up publicly when I won Art Battle Los Angeles, painting on a stage in front of hundreds people, my dog as emotional support, headphones on, completely in the zone. Terrified going in. On fire coming out.
That day wasn't about winning, it was about show myself in public.
My work lives at the intersection of emotion, body memory, and expression through painting, mixed media, embroidery, ceramics, and intuitive processes. I'm obsessed with color, but what I'm really after is that feeling when something you couldn't explain finally lands on a surface and makes sense.
I've spent over two decades alongside different healing modalities including art therapy, EMDR, somatic work, and hypnosis, while studying neuroscience and psychology on the side.
But my work isn't clinical. It's lived. It's pure Emotion.
Art and creativity is how I learned to regulate my nervous system, understand my own patterns, and slowly rebuild trust in myself, including actively taking on long-standing fears like agoraphobia, talking in public, and being myself: one creative practice at a time.
(For example, a few months ago I would have been MORTIFIED to post or share a picture of myself, but this one is from the day I married my best friend and I felt so happy and comfortable that I was just dancing with him.)
I also coach and teach, and if there's one thing I've learned from both my own journey and watching hundreds of students: it's not about talent. It's about showing up.
Making the bad paintings. Trusting that the roots are growing even when you can't see them yet.
I struggle with ADHD, anxiety, insecurity and many other things that make me messy, feel like a lot and many times freeze and scared. But I made a promise to myself in one of my lowest point: to keep trying. To try for that Flo from the Past who was told by everyone that an art career was not possible.
She almost believe them.
If through my journey, sharing my art and sharing my inner work, I can inspire even one person to follow their dreams or express themselves creatively, I will feel like I achieved my mission. Welcome to my world and enjoy this crazy ride!
(Like I mentioned before, I am a lot, so be warned!)
Thanks your joining this space and support my art! It means the world to me!
