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To me art is a necessity, a means for spiritual existence. What matters
the most is
the mastery of skill, the spontaneity of expression, and the
intuitive creation
of some new reality or a certain illusion
that
often challenges logical perception.
My earlier work is very illustrative, with great attention to detail. The
paintings are
my contemplation of childhood myths and stories that left a
strong impression on
my perception and influenced my artistic direction. In
my “Alice in Wonderland” series,
the viewer is invited to take
a journey into a fanciful story that I loved as a child.
The next artistic phase is a search for what lays on the threshold of my
dreams
and my waking life. In diptych named “Gone One” and Gone
Two”, a woman floats
in water, half drowned, yet half ecstatic,
depicting a juxtaposition of what might
be visually pleasing yet aware of
mortality.
My current direction combines figurative imagery with more abstract elements
as I explore the Universe through color and texture and simplify the composition
to unfilled space, symbolic shapes and primary colors.
The subject conveys the means of expression. I do not restrict myself to
the confines of any particular style or a dogma, but instead try to find
the
ideal towards with humanity may strive.